I guess that all the other ways to kill passengers on a crowded train are not as “deadly” as a gun capable of shooting a “deadly 0.38-calibre bullet”. I suspect that the reporters would have been just has hyperbolic had the gun only been made to shoot a 0.22-calibre bullet.
But how do we expect collectivists who grew up in a society where the law hardly allows for the use of deadly force in self-defense and forbids the private ownership of handguns to view liberty? It scares the organic refuse out of them. As a result of government tyranny, they only know firearms in the hands of police and those who are at war with government or society.
Just by pure coincidence today, my daughter and I went shooting at a private range. She was trying out a Ruger Security Six for home defense. I had a handful of old .38 Special wadcutter rounds that we burned through just so she could get comfortable with the feel of the gun. Then I gave her some real .357 SWC rounds to try. A noticeable bump up in power, even though the hole size is the same.