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Eat-My-Cloaca t1_iuosspl wrote

Reply to comment by Austin_AD in Two Cops Shot by Man With Long Gun in Newark; No One in Custody by No___ImRight

Growing up with guns there were 3 types

Handguns, shotguns, and long guns. It’s a nice catch all for any type of rifle (though honestly the modern AR/AK would’ve been completely out of the realm of consideration with my family growing up. Long gun is a deer rifle as far as we were concerned because that was the only rifle people could have)

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Austin_AD t1_iuoupkz wrote

Called Rifles here in Texas and its what we called them in the Infantry too.

Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun.

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Eat-My-Cloaca t1_iuoysvt wrote

I was raised in the mid atlantic, maybe it’s regional or just a family thing? I do appreciate the news using the term when they’re unsure of the weapon outside of “it’s a gun but not a pistol”

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