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earhere t1_iuprknz wrote

> "I am in touch with local authorities and the state is providing resources as requested," the Democrat said.

why'd they refer to the governor as "the democrat"? No one asked his political affiliation. Are they trying to suggest that this shooting was somehow his fault?

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Friendofthegarden t1_iuoary8 wrote

Ah, Newark. One of my top US places never to visit.

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biscovery t1_iuorb76 wrote

Newark has some of the best spanish/Portuguese food in the area and is a great city. Parts of it are dangerous but so was NYC in the 90s. I wouldnt travel half way around the country to go there but if youre in NYC area it os worth visiting.

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Friendofthegarden t1_iuos5b1 wrote

>Newark has some of the best spanish/Portuguese food in the area

Stop making me want to go...

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biscovery t1_iuosyps wrote

Ironbound section is cool, lots of Brazilian/latin/spanish/Portuguese people so plenty of cool shit to do. They have Portuguese and a brazillian parade every year. Branch brook park has 2nd largest selection of cherry blossom trees in the country if memory serves and they have a huge festival every year. Even in NJ newark gets a bad rap but its a cool place.

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Spore_monger t1_iupoov7 wrote

Krug's burgers are tops. But not Tops, that diner is great but waaaaay overpriced. They do make a killer lobster Mac and cheese.

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biscovery t1_iuqha7f wrote

Everything at tops is good, its spendy but worth it. Bigger issue is the huge wait. Also worth it thou.

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Friendofthegarden t1_iupz0r7 wrote

I said stop! Sonofabitch... I'll be there soon...

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malthar76 t1_iur2s04 wrote

Any sense of how BNB compares to Brasilia grill? It’s been several years since I went, but that was my usual low-key churrascaria.

Used to have a connection at Fogo de Chao, so that was my “high end” choice.

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1d10 t1_iuqt0oz wrote

"In the area" dosen't give us much context, after all Tacobell has the best Mexican food, in the area of my small town.

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OhGawDuhhh t1_iupspuq wrote

I was born in Newark, NJ and attended high school in Newark. Great food! Lots of culture/history/personality. Are there areas I'd avoid? Of course, but that's anywhere.

Now I'm hungry for Pulaski BBQ and some pasteis de nata.

Also: it was cool to watch 'War of the Worlds' (2005) be filmed on Ferry Street in the Ironbound.

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NZT92 t1_iuzfwws wrote

What are you some type of city spy or robber, the city ain't worth the land it's on. It should be burned and forgotten about...

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Due-Ad-7308 t1_iuoiaet wrote

Super convenient that it's a lot of people's first impression of the USA when they step out of EWR

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TrainOfThought6 t1_iusorok wrote

This but unironically. I don't want to have to deal with the type of tourist who judges the whole state based on Newark. More pretty state parks for me.

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OhGawDuhhh t1_iuopl4x wrote

'Long gun' and referring to the governor as 'the democrat'?

Interesting wording.

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OfficerBlind91 t1_iup0ltm wrote

Long gun is a very normal phrase meaning a rifle.

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mrlolloran t1_iup7erx wrote

Rifle is normaler

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tayroarsmash t1_iur4vkk wrote

Rifle only refers to a rifle. A long gun includes all guns that are not hand guns. A shotgun, for instance, is a long gun.

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Badfiish t1_iur0hbf wrote

Or shotgun

Or carbine etc.

It's literally a gun that is long as opposed to a 'hand gun', sized for a hand

Long gun is also a legal term in many states

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corvid_booster t1_iup9700 wrote

Yeah, saying "long gun" has gotten a lot more common over, let's say, the last 10 years, certainly the last 20. I have to wonder what purpose it serves that "rifle" doesn't.

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BendTheSpoonNeo t1_iupanef wrote

“Long gun” includes rifles and shotguns. Doubtful someone was shooting slugs but who knows maybe 🤷🏻‍♂️

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microm3gas t1_iupk1u3 wrote

It’s not sensational and accurate if they don’t know what it is. 🤷‍♂️

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gorgewall t1_iupqqqy wrote

Because if you say "rifle" and it turns out to have been a shotgun or a carbine or whatever-the-fuck-else that just looks like a rifle to the guys who witnessed it from 20 yards, you'll have a bajillion gun nuts shattering their teeth in rage and playing pedant. Vague terms like "long gun" allow for the basics of a story to be communicated while the details are worked out with time.

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CanEatADozenEggs t1_iuoabh5 wrote

Glad they are expected to survive. Surviving being shot in the neck with a long gun is tough.

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Deluxe78 t1_iurxvm7 wrote

Long gun? A rifle? Or that pistol from Batman 1989?

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Ghostofthe80s t1_iur7sfv wrote

Fake news. See, we can all do it.

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Austin_AD t1_iuonyum wrote

what's with calling Rifles "Long gun"?

Seems like a new trend.

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BuddyBroDudeMan t1_iuos2ne wrote

Long gun has been used to describe guns that are long since guns have been long.

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LogicallyMad t1_iuoqvpl wrote

I’ve heard “long gun” as a term for a while, nothing new, you can probably find the phrase in some older articles.

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Austin_AD t1_iuow3tm wrote

It's not that I haven't heard the term before, but it's on the level of 'musket' to me.

In descending order:
Assault Rife

Rife

Long Gun

Musket

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Chrononah t1_iup4vvi wrote

Classifications. If you ever look at a 4473 which is a background check there are three weapon categories, Long Gun (any rifle over 16 inches on barrel length essentially, shotguns, and such) Handgun (pistols, revolvers, AR pistols, Dracos, anything under 16 inches with a fixed brace) and other (items that are technically guns, most often used to refer to lowers and receivers) so legally speaking the gun was a Long Gun

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Eat-My-Cloaca t1_iuosspl wrote

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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Aquanauticul t1_iup7rk7 wrote

I think long gun has specific weapons laws connotations in NJ gun laws. Haven't read through the state police docs in a hot minute

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3klipse t1_iuq9ha6 wrote

Was it a rifle? Or was it a shotgun, which is also a long gun.

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Re-AnImAt0r t1_iuqm9hh wrote

cops were shot, right? Did they have bullets inside of them expelled from cartridges or were they full of buckshot or have a huge hole blown through them by a deer slug expelled from a shell? It's not like the ammo is interchangeable between the two.....

If you know what ammo someone is shot with you know what type of weapon they were shot with.

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tayroarsmash t1_iur58oi wrote

If it’s a slug they may not know immediately. It could have passed through them the wounds would be difficult to tell from a high caliber rifle.

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mikeybagodonuts t1_iuoe5or wrote

Oh, here we go with “long gun”again. Code for A.R. 15.

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AwesomeBrainPowers t1_iuog7hx wrote

It’s entirely possible that police didn’t provide any description besides “long gun”, and no credible news outlet would (or should) just make up their own details for flavor.

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BuddyBroDudeMan t1_iuorphw wrote

Not true at all there's many types of guns that can described that way. Typically means not a hand gun

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