I watched Geraldo one time describe a bolt action rifle as "A Sawed Off Assault Shotgun". Most of those guys do not even have a clue. Yet they use highly descriptive terms to describe the wrong thing. You are right, it is funny to us. But it is serious business to people who do not know any better.
The best one for me was when a sniper on a TV show had a scope mounted backwards, and turned the wrong way. Then on the side of the scope a description was written. I could not believe it. Tom.