Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines. As we highlighted Thursday, Connecticut’s Senator Christopher Murphy took time out of his busy day to write a letter to Rupert Murdoch trying to persuade him that letting Fox Sports televise the NRA 500 from the Texas Motor Speedway would somehow be beyond the pale. As Matt in FL relays below, while the network still plans to air the race this evening, they’re doing everything they can to hide the name sponsor affiliation . . .
I can find no evidence of today’s NASCAR being referred to as the NRA 500. Even the article where they talk specifically about CT Sen. Chris Murphy asking FOX not to broadcast it never actually calls it the NRA 500, it’s referred to as the “NASCAR Sprint Cup race sponsored by the National Rifle Association” and the “NASCAR Sprint Cup race from Texas Motor Speedway.”
The Results page has it listed as “2013 NASCAR Racing at Texas,” but if you click the dropdown to look at previous races, they’re all listed by their sponsors, “STP Gas Booster 500,” “Auto Club 400,” “Food City 500,” etc.
The Schedule page has it listed as “Nascar racing at Texas.” Every single other race is listed by sponsor name.
In not one single place anywhere on FOX’s site can I find it referred to as the “NRA 500.” This is especially noticeable to people that follow NASCAR, as NASCAR and their reporters normally don’t ever miss a chance to hammer the sponsor’s name. I’ve seen commentators successfully mention the sponsor three times within one sentence.
The story where they addressed Chris Murphy’s demands said, “Fox officials declined comment Thursday. The NASCAR Sprint Cup race from Texas Motor Speedway will be broadcast as scheduled.” They may still be going to broadcast it as scheduled, and you may even see a mention or two of the NRA during the broadcast where it can’t possibly be avoided, but it sure seems they’re taking the chickenshit route and keeping it as quiet as humanly possible.
It may not seem like a big deal to many people, and some on our side probably even see it as a good thing at not stirring up the crazies, but I think it’s pretty crappy behavior, and if I was the NRA and NASCAR took my money and let FOX pull this crap, I’d be pretty hot.
Buck shot will go right through a wall.
Killing your kids is terribly invalid as anyone who has enough common sense to use the gun correctly knows enough to not aim at their own kids. Even if the defender is a complete idiot it would still be pretty hard to hit something you don’t want to.
What do you think? Do they get a blindfold and a cigarette, a meal, or will that create a backlog?
Why would you use a 223 for rabbit killing? 22lr works just fine.
Zombie wabbits. They don’t die easy. That’s why Nick goes for the head shots.
Time Warner Cable in my part of NC has it listed on channel 1150 as “Sprint Cup: NRA 500”
As does Charter Cable in St. Louis.
I live in downtown Atlanta and there is one range inside the perimeter. .quickshotshootingrange.com
We already know nascar doesn’t like the 1st amendment
I guess they don’t like the 2nd either
I agree that fox is just the pretend conservative network
$1500 for an AK pistol?
HAHA! HAHA!
No.
In Russia, beaver eat you!
Then there’s this: The most Amazing Beaver Experience this guy has ever had. Must not get out much.
Oops can’t post Youtube vids. Just Google “most amazing beaver experience.”
Okay, so a question from a Brit with limited (compared to the readership here) firearms experience. What would actually you use one of these, or the other “rifle cut down to pistol-size” for?
I can quite understand “have fun turning live rounds into empty cases”, which would be quite sufficient for anyone with the spare cash (one of these wouldn’t be my first preference, but if I were offered one as a gift I’d gladly accept). I’m just curious if there’s a more specific role for these; or if they’re just entertaining anomalies thrown up by US firearms laws.
Violence is a human trait, not a firearm (gun) trait.
Any questions ?
The anti’s are making a spectacle of themselves.
Do not use their deceiving language, such as “assault weapons”, “gun violence” to name a couple.
Each and everytime they open their mouth, nothing but lies and or fables flutter out. Alas, a new name for them….The flutterbugs !
The contempt I feel for an elected officially using his position to censor a broadcast and step on free enterprise is immense, and further that any media would bow to any baseless government pressure based in limited opinion is sheer cowardice. This is an abuse of position and authority and any who play the game are cowards. Sponsors spend their money to be seen and heard, and if the words of government employee can void a legal business contract because that employee SIMPLY DOESN’T LIKE ONE OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED shit has gone horribly wrong.
Gun laws are UNCONSTITUTIONAL as are gun permit requirements! Gun permits are as constitutional as “worship permits” since BOTH are constitutional rights.
I WILL CARRY MY GUN WHERE EVER I WANT BECAUSE IT IS MY RIGHT. IF GOVERNMENT GESTAPO AGENTS TRY TO TAKE IT THEY WILL BE SHOT!
guy guys realize that fox, like the NBCs, CNN, and others, are owned by the same 5 parent companies?
it amazes me how many expect fox to somehow be the exception when it comes to defending our liberties. they’re not. The only interest they have is their perception to those that butter their bread and their shareholders.
I apologize this post is entirely off topic.
Fox News is reporting that the Toomy backstabbing includes national ccw reciprocate. Can anyone confirm this?
I tape every race and I usually fast forward until someone crashes, and then I’ll replay the crash a few times. I’ve watched the entire broadcast so far tonight and not once have they mentioned or shown anything about the NRA that I’ve seen. Maybe I missed somthing but the NRS is getting royally screwed.
I took the plunge and got a 250c a few weeks ago. I LOVE THIS GUN ! It shoots and feels fantastic for me. I read alot of reviews about the trigger and took the advice of the authors. My first magazine with some ammo I’ve never heard of, shot a 1-2″ group. Smooth , steady and long pull of the trigger. Get used to that and you’re all set. For me, it felt very comfortable and balanced. I shot 50rds of that ammo slowly and rapid with no problems. I have to say that I’m glad I sold my Taurus to get the Sig and I don’t miss it at all. As far as finding a holster I got a DiSantis leather one. I managed to find a used one totally by accident. It was like new, $20 AND left handed! Perfect. It says 31L on the back if anyone is looking for one. This is my first leather holster and I was not fully prepared for what it took to break it in. Even though it was used I don’t think it was used much at all. So anyway, check out the P250. I’m very happy I did.
On paper and empirical performance of the .40 S&W strongly suggest a considerable gain over the 9mm with which so many police departments and others are enamored. Recalling that the 9mm was largely a replacement for the .38 spcl which lacks anything like their ballistics, but which seemed to serve well despite ‘bad guys’ often armed with .45, .38 super and even .357 handguns one is forced to wonder wherein lies the problem. Arguably a hit from any of the above to a vital target will have lethal result and rapid target incapacitation; I fail to see how something ‘more powerful’ than the .40 will help. In the end, you actually have to hit something without which the target cannot continue.
I personally carry a .45 (full scale 1911). It is difficult to conceal in many ways and requires a commitment. If I wore an open duty holster I might actually shrink my gun though. If I anticipated a full on firefight I’d certainly carry a rifle at all times. If and when that isn’t possible I’d tend to choose a high capacity .40cal. I’ve owned CZ 75(b)s, Glock 23s and HK USP 40s. I much value their increased capacity over the 1911 and respect their power without question. I choose a 1911 as a civilian for it’s one shot stopping power, and do not feel restricted by the increased recoil and decreased capacity in a weapon that is purely defensive.
That said; if you cannot achieve incapacitating shots on an unarmored human with a .40cal you have failed as a marksman and as a gunner. Anyone who returned to me from the field and indicated that their .40 cal premium hollow points failed to achieve incapacitation of a human target would be sent back to the range with a supply of target loads until even after a mile run and under screamning and yelling they could make torso shots at reasonable (25yds) ranges. Anyone incapable would be dismissed. Is it too much to ask that with a free gun, and free ammo a uniformed police officer practice enough to be competent with his weapon? It ought to be a basic job requirement. Missing you target or achieving peripheral hits will not incapacitate with a .500 magnum in a determined subject. If you want to live, learn to hit.
When Karl Malone started the race he screamed NRA 500 in a way that nobody ever has before saying start your engines.
Maybe people have an AR15 just for collectors purposes, or target shooting, and still have a shotgun for self defense.
Joke Biden just doesnt get the 2nd Amendment. Joke Biden should STFU already.
Alan is about to go on my radio show to explain. Find stations and online streaming at http://www.guntalk.com/listen. Starts at 1:06pm Central time. In 3 minutes.
You know, I’ve got a mule here at the house that does the very same thing these “Pro gun” groups have done; I harness him up to an old rotary sugar cane press and dangle an apple in front of him on the end of a cane pole, he’ll pull that press all day long thinking he’s going to get that apple. Yeah, I give him the apple at the end of the day….after I’ve gotten 8 or 10 hours work out of him for the price of an apple and some sweet feed. Schumer gets a MAJOR step closer to legislating away all of our gun rights, and we get an apple. Will the supply of useful idiots never run out????
Maine and Florida are nice, but Texas would be better for gun manufactures.
I can see where Nick is coming from here guys. Bombs go boom, as do guns. The gang in DC is making every attempt to separate gun owners from the hardware. The lackeys behind the scenes who actually write the minutiae that is packaged as legislation have agendas of their own as well as outside pressure. We must remember, the legislator who rants on the floor at debate time, often times has no clear idea of the actual contents of a bill, only what he/she has been selectively told by their aides. Then there are the ones who use victims as pedestals to their soapboxes, knowing full well that most Americans don’t follow the news-instead readily accept that which is spoon fed to them by the talking heads. All of these realities combine to create a tree for picking by the anti 2A types. Let us hope that today’s occurrence in Boston does not provide fruit for them.