http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI5EoWBRYmo&list=UUpkaznWj_9PIVgO0BRKXu8w&index=1
Aside from the 50’s style voice-over (same guy who did Duck and Cover) and creepy music, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Active Shooter video’s a good thing, not a bad thing. It’s chock full of helpful tips for people facing an active shooter (a.k.a., madman with a gun). What’s missing, of course: any mention of armed self-defense. Luckily, we’re about to publish a major series from David Kenik on that very topic. Meanwhile, I find it a bit worrying that the DHS is getting into the public information business. You?
Long time listener and supporter of NPR. It’s where the liberal in me comes out, well worth the tax funds.
I’m pleasantly surprised by this story, and what is starting to look like a trend. The farther people dig into the “whole question of guns” meme, the clearer picture they are gaining. We’ve been talking about Gun Culture 2.0 for a while but I think we are in Gun Culture 2.2. Since the the Connecticut shootings, our side has worked very hard to present solid fact and united front against what is really an ideological polemic of limited appeal.
The Antis tried to build steam with AZ: “Killer mag (good), politician shot and lived! (great! ), Shooter lived (damn.) Then CO: “Families! (good) EBR!!! (great!!!), Drum Mag (Yes!), Shooter lived…(Damn.) finally with CT we have Kids in an affluent NE town (OH! YEAH!!!) EBR!!!! ( yes, YES!!!) Lotsa mags!!! (oh! hand me a towel!) Shooter dead!!! (finally! We can work with this!) You see, as long as the shooter is alive people WILL blame the shooter. But with one more body, the shooter becomes another victim and we can get back to blaming objects for our political agenda. Our side has been watching this and listening for the pitter patter of anti’s feet in the halls of .gov. We never fell for the “I don’t want your guns” line and a whole lot of us have been brooding since 1994. We have been slowly changing national culture and it scares the daylights out of the progressives. That we do understand their message and outright reject it is unthinkable to them. They think there is something wrong because if we “really understood” we wouldn’t resist them. The President has made several statements to this effect: “I failed to get my point across, if I had they would agree with me…” Many will just say we’re stupid. We aren’t. History and facts are on our side and it gets more apparent the more we talk. Gun Culture 2.2 is doing a good job and we will send these anti civil rights views to the dust bin of history along side Segregation where it belongs. Hopefully their careers go too.
The price of Freedom is Vigilance.
Come on guys, it takes all of us to win the fight.
Sir, welcome and thank you for the support.
I grew up listening to NPR, more recently I used to listen to them any time I was driving and always had the radio on their station at the house. I had even participated in the fund drives.
Many of their shows give more detailed information about news stories which I appreciate but I do feel that they still have a liberal slant. After Sandy Hook I caught a few bits and it seemed that they were full on the disarmament bandwagon. I caught a segment of Diane Reem which was terrible. She actually stated that the had contacted several pro-gun people to take part in the show and none would come on. I doubt she tried hard if at all.
I have been meaning to write them and let them know how I feel about their journalism, although it is better than a lot that is out there.
As for funding, these days NPR does not need much, its the stations that need money to operate and the organization has been moving to make the programming available over the net.
yeah, because the NFL is the perfect sounding board for gun control…I mean, look at all the nice professional athletes that have never used a gun to off their girlfriend and then themselves in front of their coach. And none have ever been in a NYC nightclub packing heat, or accidentally shot themselves…Seems logical to me….rolls eyes
Guns are bad…mmmkay
On a side note…what are the chances Soros is hoping for a wardrobe malfunction of some sort???
It isn’t nicknamed “National Petroleum Radio” for nuthin’!
NPRs Kurt Anderson and author Joel Stein went to the Westside range some months back:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FbfOM4d0r4
I just sent this to ABC:
I’ve heard that Sandy the Hook Elementary School Choir will Perform at Super Bowl to draw attention to “gun violence”. I think this is sickening and in extremely poor taste. My family will NOT be watching the Super Bowl this year, nor will we be buying anything from any of the sponsors. I will be sending letters to the sponsors letting them know.
I would encourage you all to send similar messages.
+1000000
I listen to NPR daily so you can’t call me an NPR hater, but they are anything BUT pro-gun. Look at how they conduct their stories:
1. They rarely EVER interview anyone pro-gun
2. When they interview a gun grabber the interviewer plays the devils advocate instead of an actual advocate
3. You can hear it in the NPR interviewers voice that he/she agrees with the gun grabber
The problem with gun rights advocates is that we’re stuck in an endless circle of refuting the wrong claim. “These laws do nothing to stop crime and only oppress law-abiding gun owners” is correct except for one problem: This is exactly what gun-grabbers, and especially gun-grabbing politicians, want.
I come away from reading the above with the feeling that an entire paragraph is missing from the article
After reading the NSSF doc, it’s confirmed: NYS residents are fuuuuuuucked.
If the NYS gun orgs don’t get a campaign going right freaking now to drive awareness and do some rabble-rousing to get these laws overturned, they’re fools.
I love my GP-100 (I call her Geanie). Idk what it is but I’ve started shooting it better than I do my M&P9, even in double action (and yes I do have an Apex trigger installed). I love how easy it is to swap the sight, you just need a punch to push in a spring loaded detent, no gunsmith required. I put a fiberobtic front sight onboard, and picked up one of the old style grips with the wood panels. I also picked up some aftermarket checkered panels. Not only does it look way more sexy, I find it a lot more comfortable than the stock hogue finger grip.
He should run the NRA, definitely appears more able to basically communicate facts better than WLP.
In response to DBeans:
They don’t care, because 9 times out of 10 the banners’ constituency agrees with them. Liberal gun owners, especially liberal “assault weapons” owners are considered an anomaly in the more oppressive parts of the US. They’re likely to one day considered enemies of the state and turned on by their ideological brethren for their unorthodoxy, too.
Those left-of-center here should keep that in mind. If a politician wants to throw you in prison and turn you into a felon for something you own, they are not your friend.
It doesn’t help when all major news sources magnify this issue. Even Fox News has been twisting its stories. I don’t know if it’s to influence public opinion or just to improve their ratings, but on Jan. 30 Fox posted an article stating that the crazy old guy in Alabama that’s holding that boy hostage would regularly patrol his land at night with a “flashlight and shotgun,” and today’s article says that he patrolled his land with a “flashlight and assault rifle.” WTH? They literally changed the quote they received from one of the guy’s neighbors.
I hope they try it. I’m sure HK would be happy.
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