War of Words Brewing in Portland?

Portland Mayor Sam Adams, who is a member of the infamous group “Mayors Against Illegal Guns” is looking to tighten gun laws in his city in the wake of recent shootings, and that has some in the gun lobby looking to fire back. KGW quoted Kevin Starrett, Oregon Firearms Federation Director as staying, “Sam Adams wants to do is to turn Portland into Chicago. More regulations and more crime.”

The real issue is that some local news outlets, such as KGW are making a bigger issue out of this. For example, the headline of the KGW story says “Mayor Sam Adams vs. gun lobby,” but is this really the case? While Starrett is quoted in several outlets, it doesn’t look as if there has been any real exchange between the two. Starrett issued a statement it seems in response to Adams’ call for new laws. This is hardly a “war of the words” as some media outlets have labeled it. Could this actually be a way for the mainstream media to stir up an issue where one doesn’t exist?