Ruining an otherwise feel-good article about a homeowner using an AR-15 for home defense...
...is the phrase, "an AR-15 that was legally inside their house," as if having an AR is normally illegal but these upstanding folks had gone the extra mile to get theirs made legitimate.
It's subtle points of language like this, that permeate the press, that make the fight for our rights harder than they should be.
By mentioning the unremarkable, they make it stand out.
They'd certainly never say, "a car that was legally inside their garage."
Using their cell phone, that was legally inside their pocket, they called the police.
The implication is that it's normally illegal to have it when you point out that it was legal in this instance.
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Are we still doing phrasing?
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