I think this belongs in Polyticks, because GUNZ! always seem to be a political topic. Here's a headline I stumbled across that led me to expect an article about breaking up a gun-running operation, with hundreds or thousands of "assault weapons" being seized.
Wrong.
https://www.nhregister.com/news/crime/article/50-arrested-guns-and-drugs-seized-in-Waterbury-13856138.phpIn fact, they aw-thaw-rih-tays arrested 42 people, seized eitht ounces of raw heroin, several
thousand bags of heroin packaged for sale, more than $15,000 in cash, and ...
TWO handguns and ONE rifle. There were also two cars seized, so why didn't the article read, "50 arrested, cars, drugs and guns seized in Waterbury bust"? Two cars are almost certainly worth more than two handguns and a rifle.
It's all in the spin. Guns are eeeeeevil, so never overlook an opportunity to mention them in a negative light.