The BBC tells us lie after lie in its story on a man who tried to make a gun, but so does the Telegraph. How about nobody doing that?
A former police community support officer (PCSO) with an “obsession” for weapons has been found guilty of trying to make a gun using a 3D printer.
Zoe Watts, 38, of St Helen’s Avenue, Lincoln, was found with parts for a semi automatic weapon, a machete, bladed article, crossbow and bow during a raid on her home on 11 December. During her trial at Lincoln Crown Court, Watts claimed she was making a “fidget” toy gun as a Christmas present.
She is believed to be the first person in the UK to be convicted of attempting to manufacture a prohibited gun using a printer. She will be sentence[d] on 8 August.
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Two days before the raid on her home, Ms Watts had also searched the internet for “Has anybody been killed by a 3D printed gun?” and read about a man who had been shot dead in New York. Watts was previously jailed in 2021 after she was found with banned weapons and explosive substances and had also made an improvised explosive device.
But he’s a man.
It’s grotesque that mainstream news outlets deliberately lie to the public that women do this kind of shit.
The Telegraph is every bit as bad.
A former police community support officer with an “obsession” for weapons tried to build a gun using a 3D printer. Zoe Watts, 38, was found with an “arsenal” at her Lincoln home, with items including parts to make a semi automatic weapon, a machete and a crossbow.
Watts, who previously served as a PCSO with Lincolnshire Police, was arrested during an armed operation on Dec 11. It came less than four years after she was previously jailed for possessing illegal weapons and manufacturing explosives in 2021.
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The 3D printer was found in a cupboard during a search of Watts’ home along with many of the parts needed to make the FGC MK II Nutty, including a “very short” steel barrel. Other items including a machete, bladed article, crossbow and bow were recovered from Watts’ home.
“The defendant had an arsenal, we say this was part of it,” Mr Dee told the jury.
But it wasn’t a woman who did all that. Everyone knows it wasn’t a woman who did all that. The news media should not be telling the public that women are every bit as violence-prone as men by calling men “she” in their reporting. The news media should stop lying about this.