A cheap gun is EXACTLY the type that would be bought by a poor person as a “just in case” gun. It is cheap enough to buy on impulse and keep in your nightstand drawer.
Similarly, the tirades against “assault weapons” got started when lots of surplus Chinese SKS rifles became available for about $90 back in the early 1980s. They were the kind a regular person would buy on impulse and stick in the closet “just in case”.
This alarmed the people who prefer a disarmed population.
How the news media demonizes guns since the 1960s.
“Dum-Dum Bullets!”
1962-1968 —The evil guns were the foreign made Saturday Night Special and the 5 shot bolt action army surplus rifle. they got a ban on them in 1968.
1968-1984 it was all other American made handguns.
1980-1984 it was “Plastic Framed “ handguns that “could pass through metal detectors!
1984-1990- it was “COP KILLER BULLETS”!
1990 -1994 it was “Revolving Shotguns!(now banned)
1984 till now it suddenly became “high capacity assault rifles and magazines!
2000 it was 50 cal single shot rifles capable of downing an aircraft with ONE SHOT!
2023 Small AR-15 rifles in .22 cal to attract kids!
Now we are back to A-s-s-ault Rifles for all murders, even with handguns.