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The "grenades" were inactive and not dangerous in any way. I guess we're just going to smear this man who is reportedly not a threat to anyone but himself because he collected firearms? And the plan is now to destroy potentially tens of thousands of dollars of his property?
39 guns is an above-average collection but really not that big. If you count 22lr, then I probably have 2,000 rounds of ammo in my gun bag right now. But most big-city reporters act like 3 guns and 100 rounds is some sort of arsenal anyway.
This man committed exactly zero crimes and there's exactly zero indication that he was a threat to anyone other than (maybe) himself but NBC News decided this was national news because, I guess, they think this man should be shamed for collecting firearms? This is gross.
Frankly, this is the kind of ignorant crap that makes people hate the media. They treated this 72-year-old man like a criminal and a crazy person because collects guns. Literally, the only thing we know about him is his family was concerned he was suicidal and he owned guns.
He wasn't charged with a single crime. Noone even suggested he'd committed a crime. Is this how we're going to treat potentially suicidal people? Shame them on national television for collecting guns? This is disgusting. What the hell were you thinking @NBCNightlyNews?
@NBCNightlyNews Shame on the Philadelphia Police Department for implying this man was some sort of criminal for simply owning firearms. They didn't find any evidence of a crime and didn't charge him with a crime but gladly went on TV to imply he was some kind of criminal anyway.
@NBCNightlyNews This is how the police and media treat a potentially suicidal elderly person? All because he legally-owned guns? Disgustingly ignorant crap.
@NBCNightlyNews The only difference between this potentially suicidal elderly man and any other suicidal person is that he had a gun collection. There's no evidence he broke any laws or threatened anyone. But his mental health struggle is worthy of criminal treatment on @NBCNightlyNews?
@NBCNightlyNews The way @nbcnightlynews smeared this clearly non-public figure is, at the very least, completely unethical. They should apologize for what they've done to this elderly man. They've likely worsened his suicidal condition by shaming him on national television for NO REASON AT ALL.
