http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/09/05/black_rifles_in_the_press_without_the_psh/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:43:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/09/05/black_rifles_in_the_press_without_the_psh/comment-page-1/#comment-180504 straightarrow Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:06:31 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/09/05/black_rifles_in_the_press_without_the_psh/#comment-180504 What I find amazing is that the editor let it run. We must be winning. What I find amazing is that the editor let it run. We must be winning.

]]> http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/09/05/black_rifles_in_the_press_without_the_psh/comment-page-1/#comment-180453 Linoge Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:08:04 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/09/05/black_rifles_in_the_press_without_the_psh/#comment-180453 It is certainly nice that one of them "real" reporters did a good job reporting on how firearms really are <em>not</em> machine guns (unless, of course, they are) and how the whole it-looks-threatening crap is just that. However, it would have been nice if he could have done that without going to the shoot... I mean, shooting the firearm does not really change one's understanding of it, at least if one has a slightly better grasp of how things work, and a slightly more mature handle on the world. It is certainly nice that one of them “real” reporters did a good job reporting on how firearms really are not machine guns (unless, of course, they are) and how the whole it-looks-threatening crap is just that. However, it would have been nice if he could have done that without going to the shoot… I mean, shooting the firearm does not really change one’s understanding of it, at least if one has a slightly better grasp of how things work, and a slightly more mature handle on the world.

]]> http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/09/05/black_rifles_in_the_press_without_the_psh/comment-page-1/#comment-180444 Rob K Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:28:59 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/09/05/black_rifles_in_the_press_without_the_psh/#comment-180444 But this guy is already a hunter and this was in the outdoors section -- not that remarkable. It's not like the guy had never fired a gun before. But this guy is already a hunter and this was in the outdoors section — not that remarkable. It’s not like the guy had never fired a gun before.

]]> http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/09/05/black_rifles_in_the_press_without_the_psh/comment-page-1/#comment-180438 blackfork Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:02:50 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/09/05/black_rifles_in_the_press_without_the_psh/#comment-180438 Reporter Dale Bowman played it straight. How about that? Good job. Reporter Dale Bowman played it straight. How about that? Good job.

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