Why A Bullet Should Always Be a Bullet and Nothing Else

Jack R. Noel
March 14, 2023

Bullet: A usually metal projectile in the shape of a pointed cylinder or a ball that is expelled from a firearm, especially a rifle or handgun

Cartridge: in weaponry, unit of small-arms ammunition, composed of a metal (usually brass) case, a propellant charge, a projectile or bullet, and a primer.

Ammunition: Ammunition is the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon or weapon system. Ammunition is both expendable weapons and the component parts of other weapons that create the effect on a target. The purpose of ammunition is to project a force against a selected target to have an effect.

Journalist: One whose occupation is journalism

Journalism: The business of a journalist; the occupation of writing for, editing, or producing a newspaper or public journal; the diffusion of intelligence or of opinions by means of journals or newspapers and periodicals. (Or by means of broadcast news)

Starting with the first three words, most of us know that “bullet” or “bullets” is limited to the projectile objects. But journalists constantly misidentify cartridges and ammunition as “bullets.” So they automatically violate the central part of their occupation…