ABC NEWS: Gunshow Loophole, man buys 10 guns in one hour - Page 3

Japle · April 11, 2009, 05:26 PM

It took a while, but I sent the following email to every one of the sponsors:

After watching ABC’s episode of “20/20” titled “If I Only Had a Gun”, I can only conclude that ABC aired the piece in order to advance a specific, anti-gun political agenda and that your company supports that agenda. There was no attempt at all to present both sides of the issue. The show was a deliberate insult to the significant percentage of your customers who own guns and value their 2nd Amendment right to do so.

Company name has every right to promote any political cause you wish. I and my fellow citizens have every right to choose whom we do business with and, rest assured, many of us will choose not to do business with any company that intends to undermine our Constitutional rights.

The name of your company and the others who sponsor ABC's political agenda will be widely shared on the many Internet forums devoted to the shooting sports and legal self defense. The list will be quoted and linked to many hundreds of times over the next several years, at least.
This is unlikely to have a positive effect on your sales.

Sincerely,

EDIT: Response from Transitions Lenses:
Good Afternoon, John,
Thank you for expressing your opinion. Transitions Optical does not endorse the content, products, services or viewpoints expressed on any of the programs we advertise on. We hope that you will not boycott our product because of opinions expressed by someone not connected with us.G
Respectfully,
Cloie Rennard
Transitions Optical

I responded:
Cloie,
When you pay to sponsor a program, you must accept responsibility for the program's content. It's your money that's making the program possible, after all.
Sincerely,
John

BhmBill · April 11, 2009, 05:34 PM

I would of liked to seen him try to do something that was actually illegal and worth watching...

Lets see him walk in with $5000 and walk out with a SBR or SBS.

THAT would of been great to watch.

HuntAndFish · April 11, 2009, 08:37 PM

This goes without saying, but I'm gonna...

They are obviously attempting to make the point that IF Mr Samaha was a dangerous felon then he could have gotten a gun pretty easily.

The point they are failing to make is, IF Mr Samaha was a dangerous felon then why was he out on the street in the first place?

We need to punish the guilty, not the innocent.

April 11, 2009, 05:26 PM	#51
Japle Member Join Date: February 28, 2005 Posts: 287	It took a while, but I sent the following email to every one of the sponsors: After watching ABC’s episode of “20/20” titled “If I Only Had a Gun”, I can only conclude that ABC aired the piece in order to advance a specific, anti-gun political agenda and that your company supports that agenda. There was no attempt at all to present both sides of the issue. The show was a deliberate insult to the significant percentage of your customers who own guns and value their 2nd Amendment right to do so. Company name has every right to promote any political cause you wish. I and my fellow citizens have every right to choose whom we do business with and, rest assured, many of us will choose not to do business with any company that intends to undermine our Constitutional rights. The name of your company and the others who sponsor ABC's political agenda will be widely shared on the many Internet forums devoted to the shooting sports and legal self defense. The list will be quoted and linked to many hundreds of times over the next several years, at least. This is unlikely to have a positive effect on your sales. Sincerely, EDIT: Response from Transitions Lenses: Good Afternoon, John, Thank you for expressing your opinion. Transitions Optical does not endorse the content, products, services or viewpoints expressed on any of the programs we advertise on. We hope that you will not boycott our product because of opinions expressed by someone not connected with us.G Respectfully, Cloie Rennard Transitions Optical I responded: Cloie, When you pay to sponsor a program, you must accept responsibility for the program's content. It's your money that's making the program possible, after all. Sincerely, John __________________ John Viera, Florida Last edited by Japle; April 11, 2009 at 09:30 PM.

April 11, 2009, 05:34 PM	#52
BhmBill Member Join Date: March 27, 2009 Location: Vegas Posts: 595	I would of liked to seen him try to do something that was actually illegal and worth watching... Lets see him walk in with $5000 and walk out with a SBR or SBS. THAT would of been great to watch. __________________ NRA Member, GONV Member, Proud Open Carrier. "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety" - B. Franklin

April 11, 2009, 08:37 PM	#53
HuntAndFish Member Join Date: February 21, 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 478	This goes without saying, but I'm gonna... They are obviously attempting to make the point that IF Mr Samaha was a dangerous felon then he could have gotten a gun pretty easily. The point they are failing to make is, IF Mr Samaha was a dangerous felon then why was he out on the street in the first place? We need to punish the guilty, not the innocent. __________________ NRA Benefactor MSSA Life Member

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