Group 1 (Those fearful of Evil Guns): Always see an 'Assault Rifle' when confronted by a Firearmjmra wrote:I find the victims statement a little hard to buy into. Remember, one of the victims interviewed at the Navy Yard shooting claimed to have seen the shooter carrying an AR15. Of course we know from the videos that it was a shotgun.
Given how often "eyewitness" accounts are proven to be grossly inaccurate, it's amazing that such testimony is weighted so heavily in trials.
I've heard of studies where a group of people were shown a video clip and then asked to write down their version of what happened. Another group was then asked to sort the papers putting like stories together. The end result was papers that the second group felt were completely unrelated to the others.
Group 2 (RKBA and Firearms Enthusiasts): Always evaluate what the weapon is and attempt to determine its shortcomings when confronted by a Firearm