I could hug you. Congrats at your humble and honest acknowledgement. Do not feel bad. "All TV news" doesn't know anything more about guns than you do. But at least you are here trying to learn something.
The only difference between you and them is that they are broadcasting misunderstanding and ignorance to the masses with absolute certainty and confidence in their knowledge (at least that what they know is more than their audience).
OTOH, I grew up in the hills of western Washington state, home schooled by my dad who flew in Vietnam, an uncle who flew choppers there and two brothers one a chopper pilot in Iraq and the other a weapons officer. My mom was a military brat. I grew up with firearms and learned woodcraft skills. Our property is six acres of heavily wooded hills that abuts other properties of the same sort. We're backed up against the Olympic National Forest, over 200 square miles of forest. When I was thirteen my uncle who taught me woodland skills put me out five miles from home with a backpack, a rifle and enough food and told me to make my way back home. I was out overnight and got home with no worries the next afternoon. I've been around all sorts of firearms from pistols to rifles. I'm a member of the Washington Arms Collectors and go to all the gun shows when I'm home.
So first off I flashed on the fact the MSM knows squat about guns. Then the anti-gun idiots and their statements. Okay, enough of a rant. Take care, A Blessed Christmas To You And Yours. R/Janey