Titled:    Unarmed Cop Shot At By Gun Nut

It is hard to believe how quickly a country can go from a respect for firearm rights to their total demonization. This story comes from Airstrip One the UK and is full of the rich language of gun hate that is now creeping into US media reports. The longer this type of language appears and the more frequently it is used, the more it gets ingrained into the minds of the readers.

An unarmed policeman had a miracle escape when a gun nut fired a hail of bullets during a terrifying late night chase, it emerged today.

The gunman fled on foot after cops pulled over his Volkswagen Passat in south London in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The unarmed officer, who has not been named, cornered him in an alleyway off Croxted Road in Dulwich, but the ruthless thug pulled a gun and opened fire.

The brave cop dived for cover, escaping unharmed.

So lets look a little further into the miraculous escape: 

Police marksmen surrounded the scene but found no trace of the gunman who is believed to have fired at least three rounds.

Three rounds - a hail of bullets? Must have been one of those machine-gun thingys.

Chief Superintendent Ian Thomas, head of Southwark Police, vowed to hunt the gun nut down.

He said: "This was very serious. For someone to fire at officers with absolutely no provocation is extremely worrying.

"Absolutely no provocation" such as a car chase with sirens and flashy lights, a chase on foot with a cop carrying a long stick, handcuffs and probably pepper-spray, plus undoubtably some criminal guilt thrown in? I'm sure the gun nut, gunman, ruthless thug guy was in fear of his personal liberty for the next few years at least for firearm possession alone.

They sure do have fun writing this stuff.