What are they smoking over at Rolling Stone? Okay, stupid question, but they really outdid themselves in a July 14, 2014 piece.
They must have been really hard up for material to have published Rolling Stone contributor Kristen Gwynn’s “article” titled, “The Five Most Dangerous Guns In America.” This noteworthy article should be held by magnets to every refrigerator in America.
Her methodology to determine the five most dangerous guns was exhaustive. She ranked them according to how many were recovered from crime scenes. She came up with this list:
- Pistols
- Revolvers
- Rifles
- Shotguns
- Derringers
Personally, on a topic this important, I think it should have been the Ten Most Dangerous, or Twenty-Five. Why leave us hanging like this? Why such a narrow focus? Tell us more!!
<http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/pictures/the-5-most-dangerous-guns-in-america-20140714>
There’s a wealth of good information there like: “pistols are defined by their built-in barrel…” and “Rifles were created to improve the accuracy of smoothbore muskets, for which the musket ball was often an bad fit due to manufacturing complications.” (Proving that their proof reading is on par with their research.)