To do that which the MSM isn't interested in doing - getting some of their facts straight...
An LA Times blog raises a question about Newsweek's use of a stock photo for a magazine cover.
The bit signs off with this: Hey, is that even the right way to hold a rifle? Can't you shoot your foot off like that?
In which the author unwittingly reveals why gun owners roll their eyes when dealing with the press. Does it matter? Yes, it does, when ignorant people want to write the rules for gun ownership it matters, for in their ignorance, they make amazing assumptions and draw flawed conclusions.
No, you aren't going to shoot your foot off, holding arifle, er shotgun that way. Pretty much impossible, with it broken open like that. And, did I mention it's not a rifle? I know, I know, that's just quibbling.
But you can lay down a pretty good base of fire from that drum magazine in the pic below... if you have your finger on the trigger ike a certain California Senator with her finger on the trigger (a no-no) and you didn't clear the weapon first (another no-no in firearms handling). Yes, even at a press conference where you assume the police cleared the weapon before putting it on the table. Heh. The bolt's forward, too - there's no way to tell from a glance whether or not the weapon is clear.
That's how accidental firearm deaths occur, Madam Senator.
An LA Times blog raises a question about Newsweek's use of a stock photo for a magazine cover.
The bit signs off with this: Hey, is that even the right way to hold a rifle? Can't you shoot your foot off like that?
In which the author unwittingly reveals why gun owners roll their eyes when dealing with the press. Does it matter? Yes, it does, when ignorant people want to write the rules for gun ownership it matters, for in their ignorance, they make amazing assumptions and draw flawed conclusions.
No, you aren't going to shoot your foot off, holding a
But you can lay down a pretty good base of fire from that drum magazine in the pic below... if you have your finger on the trigger ike a certain California Senator with her finger on the trigger (a no-no) and you didn't clear the weapon first (another no-no in firearms handling). Yes, even at a press conference where you assume the police cleared the weapon before putting it on the table. Heh. The bolt's forward, too - there's no way to tell from a glance whether or not the weapon is clear.
That's how accidental firearm deaths occur, Madam Senator.
:)
Things like this really tick me off to no end. John nailed all of 'em. I just wish we could grab this journalist and a few others for a week at Blackwater, Front Sight, or the Castle. Hell, send 'em out here and I'll do what I can on my budget. I've got rifles and a pistol and at least one friend with a shotgun. Of course, the best thing would be to send 'em to the closest military installation and have the grunts train 'em for a week or three.
And how I would have loved to have been there for Feinstein's shenanigan with the AK variant! I'd have loved to have grilled her over the proper rules for firearms safety and then I'd have turned on the cops for letting it happen!!!
And they know this because the military uses shotguns to clear houses, so that means civilians should use them in their own homes, right?
<B>The bit signs off with this: Hey, is that even the right way to hold a rifle? Can't you shoot your foot off like that?</a>
I'm not sure if a breechloader can discharge a round with the barrel in open air like that. But that's just me. Maybe Sarah Cudda has amazing powers of prestigiation that could fool us, what would we know.
I was hoping it was an elephant gun, too. Wouldn't Sarah need one of them to take down white socialists in Alaska or something?
Nup. You can use birdshot from a .22 Ruger for that -- there's not much substance to 'em...