One gun is a lot in NYC. Unless you're privileged. And five can be quite legitimately rounded up to "nearly ten" to better fit your agenda. For that matter, four can be rounded up to five, and then five rounded up to nearly ten. Depends on how much EEK! you want your readers to think. Or not to think, just to emote.
Control the language, control the useful idiots.
Control the press, control the language.
Ayup.
Terry, 230RN