And you are assuming those were his words and not added by an editorSo you’re saying he’s intelligent enough to work a dictionary?
The bain of a SME is to make shît up on their own, especially when it’s entirely irrelevant whether they used any of the following correct terms:
Gun
Rifle
Firearm
Weapon
Instead he took the effort to use carbine, then assumed readers don’t know what a carbine is and makes up his own definition which is entirely incorrect.
And it does meet def of carbine and it was a pistol caliber long gun as far as we know
99% of gun owners say bullet when they mean cartridge
99% also confuse caliber and cartridge
I have seen cops testify they smelled alcohol on a suspect which is impossible
this is the world we live in
seems like you are nitpicking