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Thursday, November 7, 2013
Dammit!
Bloggers! Readers of this blog! If you are invited to be interviewed by a major media outlet about guns to be broadcast on TV then record every second of the process with a hidden camera.
When I was a brand new 2LT in the Army, my CO was going to be interviewed by the (Fort Knox) post newspaper. He told me to follow him and the reporter around and take notes on what he said. At the time, I was thinking, "Why duplicate the effort?"
When the article was published, I found out why. Nearly every quote and most of the text in the article was, shall we say, in error. I was tasked to go over to the reporter in question, show him my notes, and pursue a correction. Which we got in the next issue.
Since then, my policy is not to answer questions from such folks unless I can also record it.
To be confident and competent enough with a rifle to be able to hit anything I can see in a Jovian Thunderbolt kind of way.
To be able to defend myself with a handgun.
To perhaps harvest some tasty venison with either a rifle or a shotgun, any skin or antler is just a nice bonus, here.
And, if necessary: To Defend the Ramparts of Democracy from a Level 4 Zombie Outbreak or against the Jacobin, Rampaging, Godless, Red-Commie Hordes (or their modern equivalent.)
"You never select a shotgun as your primary anti-zombie firearm. It's great for onesy twosey, but zombies travel in hordes. The reload time is onerous, and the ammo, while effective, is heavy and bulky and short ranged."
Big Mistake for Her
If Ginsberg had let Scalia put the words "strict scrutiny" in Heller and Hillary said "Gun control is just not going to be a priority for my administration," Hillary would have been elected President.
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20/20 gun thing coming up on the TV soon.
When I was a brand new 2LT in the Army, my CO was going to be interviewed by the (Fort Knox) post newspaper. He told me to follow him and the reporter around and take notes on what he said. At the time, I was thinking, "Why duplicate the effort?"
When the article was published, I found out why. Nearly every quote and most of the text in the article was, shall we say, in error. I was tasked to go over to the reporter in question, show him my notes, and pursue a correction. Which we got in the next issue.
Since then, my policy is not to answer questions from such folks unless I can also record it.
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