My Month With a Gun: Week One - idjit "journalist" from Ms. Magazine

[Subdeacon Joe]

This might be interesting to follow, if you can stomach it.

 

http://msmagazine.com/blog/2013/06/12/my-month-with-a-gun-week-one/comment-page-1/#comment-132150

 

My hands are shaking; my adrenaline is surging.

No, it’s not from the latte I just inhaled or because this is the
first time in two years I’ve been in a Starbucks since declaring a
boycott on its open-carry gun policy.

What’s got me jittery this morning is the 9mm Glock that’s holstered
on my hip. Me, lead gun policy protester at the 2010 Starbuck’s

. Me, a board member of the Brady Campaign. Me, the author of a book about the impact of gun violence, Beyond the Bullet.

Yes, I bought a handgun and will carry it everywhere I go over the
next 30 days. I have four rules: Carry it with me at all times, follow
the laws of my state, only do what is minimally required for permits,
licensing, purchasing and carrying, and finally be prepared to use it
for protecting myself at home or in public.

 

She doesn't bother to get any training, has to take the gun to a cop to show her how to work the action and find out if it's loaded. Idjit.

 

[Oklahoma Dee]

Interesting POV.

[Blackwater 53393]

Another liberral simpleton trying to do everything wrong to mistakenly intentionally mislead people who don't know and aren't interested in researching the situation on their own!!

[Guest fred]

My supper is ruined again

[Virgil Ray Hality, SASS# 37355]

Amazing what a little taste of freedom does to some folks.

[Subdeacon Joe]

I can hardly wait for the second installment! Did she listen to the Voice of the Gun? Did she shoot up a shopping mall or school? Or maybe she shot someone who dared to take her parking space, or cut her off in traffic!

I have 3 or 4 comments on that first one stuck in moderation. Been there for a couple of days now. They don't seem to want commentary that doesn't support the mantra that gunz-r-bad. Nor do they seem to want people making assumptions about the author the way the author and her supporters make assumptions about gun owners.

[Utah Bob #35998]

Good Lord! I have no words.

[Virgil Ray Hality, SASS# 37355]

well. I posted. lets see if it gets past the moderator.

[Subdeacon Joe]

I just went to see if any of my comments made it past the mods.

Nope. But the did finally delete two of them, two more are stuck in moderation. There were 4 new comments, the last of which was someone lamenting that she had just heard that the author would be unable to continue the series because of the "hatemongers in the gun community."

 

Left two more comments about that:

 

1. Joe in N Calif says:

   
   
   

   
   June 23, 2013 at 6:38 am

   
   
   
   
   
   

   Your comment is awaiting moderation.

   
   
   

   LOL….what “hate mongers within the gun community.” McAllister
   Bryant? Oh, I don’t doubt that with over 80,000,000 gun owners there
   won’t be a few, but look at how you and others stereotype gun owners –
   rambos, killers, guys “compensating,” bubbas, rednecks, crackers, and a
   raft of other pejoratives. And the lies your side regularly publishes
   about how firearms are typically used – they read like scripts for cheap
   cop-dramas.

   
   

   If the author won’t continue, my guess is that she realized that none
   of the horror stories about gun owners that she fantasizes about
   happened. She didn’t shoot anyone. She didn’t give in to her inner
   rage and pop anyone for cutting her off in traffic or taking her parking
   space. Or that she was unable to accept the idea that she had a moral
   duty to be a responsible citizen and actually learn something about
   firearms and safety. And I know that doing the moral and responsible
   thing is anathema to people like the author.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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   Joe in N Calif says:

   
   
   

   
   June 23, 2013 at 6:48 am
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   Your comment is awaiting moderation.

   
   
   

   By the way, McAllister Bryant, gun owners are harsher on
   irresponsible gun owners than you realize. I’ve thrown people off the
   range for being stupid. I’ve seen gun smiths and gun shop workers grab a
   gun out of someones hand, eject the magazine, check the chamber, field
   strip it, throw the magazine in the trash, and toss the other parts
   back to them for being stupid. And throw them out of the store.

   
   

   I’ve also seen them exhibiting the patience of Job teaching people
   who come to the range as clueless as the author but eager to learn,
   spending hours freely given to get a new gun owner safe, comfortable,
   and competent with their firearm. If the author had exhibited the
   least shred of wanting to learn and being a responsible owner, rather
   than just making a political point, she would have been overwhelmed by
   people trying to help her.

   
   

   Do yourself a favor, look up “Ladies of Lead.” Unless, of course,
   you are like the author and afraid of educating yourself about firearms.

   
   

[Virgil Ray Hality, SASS# 37355]

They did not like mine either, It was deleted. Somehting like this: Bravo. Keep on going and welcome to a little taste of liberty. I urged the author to continue and accept FULL responsability for her actions whatever the outcome. After all, she is an adult of sound mind and body, right? I also asked what she was doing to prepare "to use it for protecting myself at home or in public"? Doing nothing would mean being unprepared.

[Subdeacon Joe]

Just checked it again - a few more emotional lies posted. As well as a comment that the next parts will appear on Huffington Post.

I do have to respect HuffPo, as much as I dislike their politics. One of the few leftist sites that will give centrists and conservatives posting equality with the leftists. I don't think I've ever had a post rejected or deleted there.

[Blackwater 53393]

My response was deleted as well. The post about motorcycles, RVs, and boats causing less loss of life was amusing in a sad sort of way.

 

I never liked or trusted Ms. Mag. My sister reads it and for me that's enough.

 

Anybody checked Stuffington Post for follow up??

[Subdeacon Joe]

I'll keep checking there every few days and post here when it shows up.