You left of get substantially all facts wrong regarding legislation
Funny stuff from Field and Stream’s The Gun Nut:
How to Write an Anti-Gun Editorial
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Rule Number One is: Identify yourself as a gun owner and user; it gives you credibility
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Rule Number Three: Any pro-gun law cannot be the will of the people, but must be due to the infernal machinations of…THE NRA.
There’s more. Pretty spot on if you ask me. Though, as I said, I would add:
Get substantially all facts wrong regarding legislation
And blatantly misrepresent firearms (i.e., draw minimal distinction between semi-automatic and automatic; referring to weapons that look like assault weapons as military-style firearms; etc.)
September 14th, 2006 at 8:54 am
[…] Last night I linked to an article on how to avoid becoming a blogger. Today, I’ll link to an article on how to write an anti-gun editorial. (Link stolen from SayUncle who adds some of his own to the list.) […]
September 14th, 2006 at 10:34 am
The latest gun scare label: Aileen Sirgany (sp) reported this morning that the guy up in Canada used a “rapid-fire rifle” to attack those people. guess it didn’t have a pistol grip, or something.