Must agree with Richard on this one, Michael, sorry. Scattergun is used metaphorically to describe an imprecise approach. The scattergun would spray everything in it's path with pellets. Richards approach was, as he said, precise. I do not believe that Richard was saying he was unfamiliar with the term per se but was rather suggesting it was not a good description of what he did.

But what do I know, being neither a lawyer or journalist :-)

DtG

BTW - I started to use the word shotgun rather than scattergun but mistyped it as shitgun. Maybe I should have left it? :-D