The Brady Campaign issues this press release, and then this editorial magically appears, and calls for ending private transfers under the guise of “gun show loophole.” The Brady’s play the media game much better than NRA does, I’m sorry to say. Of course, it certainly helps that there are so many in the media sympathetic to their cause, and repulsed by ours.
Month: December 2008
Blue Trail Under Fire
The Courant is demanding BlueTrail be closed:
Mr. Lyman’s negligence should no longer be permitted to jeopardize the safety of families in Durham and hikers who use a popular trail just beyond the range. That state and local officials have tacitly allowed Mr. Lyman to mismanage Blue Trail for so long is an inexcusable dereliction of duty.
They are asking for Letters to the Editor. If you live in the area, or shoot at Blue Trail, I’d come up with something, 200 words or less, to at least let them know this is not a one-sided debate. One thing I’d point out is that no houses have been hit since Blue Trail finished their range improvements.
H-S Precision Hoping It Would Go Away?
I’m guessing H-S Precision was hoping this issue would just go away over the long weekend — we’d all stuff ourselves with Turkey, eat pumpkin pie, drink, and forget all about the fact that they have a product endorsement from a federal agent who narrowly avoided prosecution for murdering a woman. Well, today’s Shooting Wire:
It seems, however, H-S Precision has missed the mark – badly – in their choice of endorsements.
On the back cover of their latest catalog is what appears to be a rather innocuous recommendation of H-S products by a mid-level FBI bureaucrat. But the letter is evoking strong responses by some outraged shooters.
Some watershed moments in American history evoke strong emotions. 9/11 can represent either the moment of perfect evil visited on America or the resiliency of the American spirit.
Others have no positive redeeming quality. One of those is Ruby Ridge.
Read the whole thing. It’s not going away. Will we hear anything from them? Or are they hoping this still blows over?
Voting is Open
Voting is open for the H-S Precision photoshop contest. Go vote for your favorite one. Polling closes at 10PM.
The H-S Precision Photoshop Contest
So far we will be voting on the following entries. I have made no effort to edit out any entries for being too graphic, given that unlawfully shooting someone through a door isn’t exactly a civilized act. Even worse is evading prosecution.
What you see is what was submitted, so if there’s something not there that you have, let me know. I will leave this up until morning, then I’ll switch on voting in the morning. By the end of the day, we’ll take the results and declare a winner:
I have numbered them so folks judge them by the quality of the satire, and the photoshop work. Though, yeah, you could always go back through comments and figure out who they belong to. Voting opens at 10:00AM tomorrow and closes at 10PM tomorrow. The winner gets a MidwayUSA Gift Certificate for $25.
UPDATE: Disabling comments as to not bias results.
UPDATE: Voting is now open
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