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This is an excellent point. But I don’t think I agree that people accept hospital-acquired infections as a risk, I think they really don’t know it. *I* didn’t know it.
If tomorrow CNN ran a story about one person who died from a hospital acquired infection, I think some people WOULD be shocked, while a lot would probably say ‘so what’.
If the following day they ran a story about ALL the people that died that day from the same, some people would be aghast.
If the next day, and the next day, and the day after that similar stories were run about THOSE day’s deaths, I think within a month you WOULD have SOMEBODY DEMANDS SOMETHING groups coming out of the woodwork.
I think the only difference is that gun death is sexy and topical, so it sells.
Good point here.
If those stories sold on the sensational-tragedy level, they would be on the news all the time and we’d all be hyper-aware of it. There are groups that crusade on the hospital issue, but they don’t get any press.
And in addition, there’s more money/power/control tied up with guns.
It’s interesting in a personal way because I actually was aware (and afraid) of the risk of hospital-acquired infections, but went under the knife anyway for a necessary major surgery. It was a risk I had to run to ensure my future health. And it bit me — the surgery went fine, but I spent 4 months recovering from hospital-acquired bacterial meningitis.
Makes a good parallel with gun ownership, I think. I’m not anti-hospital, even though one almost killed me. The same hospital also literally saved my life, and hospitals everywhere do the same for millions of people every year. There are risks and benefits in everything.
Certainly. Just look at the public angst a few years ago when Ebola was all the rage. Even made movies about it. Now the big thing is “Flesh-eating bacteria” because that’s the sensational story the press can get to sell dead trees and get leads on news shows. When sensational gun violence occurs they are all over it – for the ratings. When the audience gets tired of it they move on.
Good point. I bet most of us are aware that 3 or 4 kids died last summer of brain-eating amoeba from tainted lake water they ingested up their nose. Why do we know? Because the news ate that stuff up. Sick kids, striving to survive, check. Juxtaposition of typical family summer fun on the lake with deadly consequences, check. High cringe factor from brain eating bugs, check. Sure got me to watch my evening news.
It’s not that no one cares about someone expiring largely quietly within a not-quite-sterile-enough medical environment. They do. It’s just that it’s got no wow factor. People die from disease all the time. It is how almost all of us will die, eventually. It’s a fact of life. We accept it because we are familiar with it.
Our society is spoiled rotten, because in most of the world, violence at the hands of others, be they a state run amok, warlords, drug lords, or just rotten people who want to whittle their enemies down to size by chopping off their feet and hands, is much more prevalent. throughout most of human history, violence was probably a significantly greater cause of death. But not here in America. We are spoiled-ass-rotten. But guess what, citizens. It happens here, too. And unlike in most parts of the world, we have a constitutionally protected right to do something about it.
What’s that old joke: What do you call a Liberal the day after they get mugged? A Conservative.
Gun control = herpes. Got it.
My mind kind of rebels at the idea of a scope on a 9mm carbine. My eyes aren’t great–I need scopes at anything above about 50 yards–but really?
Joe’s talent for photography is the only thing saving that ugly stock and wavy plastic.
-D
This p0rn is the bargain bin kind. Excellent pics, with the exception of the carbine.
Gotta agree.
Some after market company is going to make a killing replacing that stock and pistol grip (looks like 1 piece) with an adapter to take standard AR equipment.
We have only kept our rights from being trampled by knee-jerk legislation at the federal level. But some of the big states, it’s a totally different story.
90% of Americans may agree on universal background checks in the abstract, but that doesn’t mean that 90% agree on any particular piece of legislation to implement that policy. It’s like saying that a majority support balancing the budget. We know for a fact that a majority do NOT support any particular piece of legislation regarding how exactly to do this. The Democrats say the Republican plan is nuts and the Republicans say the Democratic party plan is nuts.
In addition, a lot of people do not understand the details and nuances of the issue. It’s like asking people whether all school buses should have seat belts or not. This is something that has been being debated for over a quarter of a century now. On the surface, it might sound common sense (yes!), but when you get into the details, you find that seat belts on school buses can be a danger to children as well.
And finally, it is irrelevant even if 90% do agree on something if that something infringes on a person’s natural right.
The only 9mm carbine that interests me is the kel-tec sub2000. Compact, light, and 30 round capacity with glock mags.
Be careful, they blow up…
I shot an MP 40 and it’s just as beautiful a gun, although the fodder is “just” 9 mm. But I’ve never tried a Tommygun.
Excellent write up, thanks, you lucky b…eggar!
@JWM. Doesn’t look like a Henweigh to me.
Joey Cushman
http://www.thedentlawfirm.com/officer-inquiry.html
What all does that gun do?
It seems like it would have been more practical for that design if they gave it a horizontal magazine like the P90 considering the size of the 9mm and magazine. Also, give it a new stock, and the option for a suppressor, it could be the first VSS type rife for sale to Civilians. Cha-ching ($) Taurus.
“There’s no Mom’s Demand Action for Cleaner Hospitals group out there jumping in front of TV cameras. Why is that?”
Answer: because there is no money in it. If there were no entities such as the Joyce Foundation pouring money into citizen disarmament, most of the effort would disappear.
Hmmm, I bought a Keltec sub2000 for $350, and Norinco “UZI” for $500, and built a 9mm AR for $800 so I definitely like the concept of a 9mm carbine. However, I DO NOT like the looks or price of that. I think for the $800 list price I would get a CX4 Storm, or save up an extra $290 and buy a Colt AR n 9mm. I will pass.
He would have still got his ass shot pulling that crap on folks in TN, Florida, Alabama, Indiana, etc.
I built a 20″ barrel ar15
It fails after every shot and sometimes get stuck on top of magazine round
The barrel a stainless steel from
redxarms
They don’t stand behind there stuff
Most of there stuff is low priced and now I know better
Read about there stuff bad reviews
they have a oversize gas hole drilled on them
Order a adjustable Block
Looking to see if that helps
Any others suggestion
Thanks
John
Riverside ca
Still think only the police should have guns?
Anyone who believes that we have freedom of the press in this country should read up on the border wars preceding the War between the States or the wars related to Wyoming entering the Union.
In other Taurus news, the cops in Brazil have been ordered to turn in 98,000 Taurus pistols. It seems that they have a nasty habit of going off with no pull of their triggers.
http://gunssavelives.net/gun-industry/98000-taurus-247-pistols-recalled/
Be afraid, Joe. Be very afraid.
I don’t understand why the gun community keeps giving this manufacturer a pass. It has to be due to the fact that they are cheaper than other gun makers or because they spend millions on advertising. My common response for someone new to guns when they ask about Taurus (people gravitate towards low cost) is to buy a Ruger.
Here is what could be done. Get a license or card or whatever after a background check is completed. The card is good until you do something really illegal. With small annual fee or whatever. Everytime you purchase anything firearm related ffl dealer scans/swipes the card and the answer is yes or no. No record of what is being bought. This can also be done for online orders or person to person transfer…not family related.
Joe is a great photographer.
Concur. Seems to happen on the 2nd round. (i.e. the first one feeding after you’ve squeezed off the first shot.)
I’ll await my judgement of SP until after I watch it – they sometimes burn the same leftist morons that are the majority of their viewers. However I’m not going to hold my breath…
They should of just copied a Bizon and made it legal. It’s not like they’re afraid to make guns similar to others on the market.
I used to go on mission trips to Nuevo Laredo. It was in dire need before Los Zeta moved in, I can’t even imagine what it’s like now. The last year we went we had Federales circling our compound and the kids said they were taking away bad children, probably kids that were running drugs. It all started when Los Zetas lost in Warez and moved on. Seems the gang rule is gaining more traction all across Mexico.
I hope the gangs in the US never get that big or organized. Can you imagine Chicago or New York gangs staking territory in every state? It would be a democrats fantasyland.
People actually do reviews of calculators?
Imagine that, some people are willing to commit felonies. I’d have never thunk it.
Why does the media have to portray this as a “Wild West” shootout? I am sick of hearing this phrase when it comes to any DGU or when it’s applied by anti-s when talking about gun free zones. I guarantee modern day Detriot and its local environs are much more dangerous than the “Wild West”.
In my recollection, the variable gas port wasn’t to shoot faster or slower. It’s primary purpose was to allow more gas pressure to operate the bolt when the thing got dirty.
Unusual; Adjective – Not habitually or commonly occurring or done.
Fairly certain that the word “unusual” doesn’t apply to something that exists in the kind of quantities that AK’s do.