Ignorance about handguns
Do people know that the word handgun is not inconsistent with the word semiautomatic? Or that most of the handguns Americans own are semiautomatics? Reports like this one make me wonder.
True, all handguns aren’t semiautomatics. Some are revolvers. But many people seem to think that semiautomatic means Uzi or AK-47. It doesn’t.
I own four handguns, including two Glocks. All are semiautomatics. Except for the sights, which I replaced with ones that illuminate in the dark, my Glocks are standard issue sidearms that you’ll find in any gun store in the country. They’re the sort of gun that Americans ordinarily keep for self-defense.