LA Times Offers Biased Take on SCOTUS Ruling
Posted by FirearmsTruth on June 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment
No surprise here, The Los Angeles Times doesn’t agree with the ruling from the Supreme Court this week and it shows in its heavily biased reporting. It starts out as with a tone that clearly questions what the SCOTUS was thinking:
“The Supreme Court ruled Monday that cities and states must abide by the 2nd Amendment, strengthening the rights of gun owners and opening courthouse doors nationwide for gun rights advocates to argue that restrictions on firearms are unconstitutional.”
The reporting also had some serious factual errors, notably:
“Seven states, including California, forbid assault weapons or semiautomatic weapons, the court noted. Those restrictions will face a legal challenge, gun rights advocates said.”
No state currently has a ban on semiautomatic firearms, and the wording of this seems to imply that the authors suggest otherwise. For the record, California does not forbid semiautomatic firearms, only those deemed to be an assault rifle. There are rules in place, such as the number of rounds the magazine can hold, and in some cases only non-detachable (without a tool at least) are legal. But the point is that the authors tried to imply that semiautomatic firearms are some sort of heavy weapon, and that’s just not close to the truth. Maybe they didn’t know, but they should do their job and get the facts straight!
