German journalist learning to shoot

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"So, thanks again for your thoughts. I found some people who are willing to meet me without any prejudices, which is my ambition as well.

I am not sure, btw, what Trump has do to with all of this, since no president before him made any major changes (from the German point of view) to gun laws.
And, just for the record: journalism doesn´t work like a factory, where your boss tells you what to do and you follow or otherwise you are fired. It really just does not. Believe it or not: I NEVER, in ten years of doing print and online and TV and radio, received anything like an "editorial order". It just wouldn´t make sense.

I sincerely appreciate anybody´s help here. I hope you will like the result, when it´s published."

The magazine you work for publishes a photo shopped image of President Trump in a Nazi salute. This clearly shows a prejudice by your publisher that is Anti Trump. Anti American. Now your publisher may not give you an "editorial order" but I'm certain you are aware of the fact that your article has to meet his/her standards of content before it is published.
When it comes to firearms in America as well as the rest of the world there is no such thing as "without prejudices"


I hope I like the result of your article as well . And very well may be pleased if it is published without bias .
 
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So, thanks again for your thoughts. I found some people who are willing to meet me without any prejudices, which is my ambition as well.

I am not sure, btw, what Trump has do to with all of this, since no president before him made any major changes (from the German point of view) to gun laws.
What Trump has to do with this: Trump was endorsed by the National Rifle Association during the election cycle, and was supported by many gun owners. By contrast, his opponent, Hillary Clinton was seen as (among other things) strongly anti-gun. Thus, there's a pretty strong sentiment in the gun-owning community that those who are against Trump are likely also against private gun ownership. The President (as you probably know) doesn't directly make changes to our laws. The President is the Executive Branch, charged with enforcing the law. However, he does have significant influence with Congress, and a fair amount of power that can be exercised through Executive Orders. In fact, former President Obama used that power to ban the reimportation of M1 rifles.

I also suspect that there's a pretty big gap between the German view on "major changes to gun laws" and the American view of it. When I lived there, I knew many Germans who had never handled a gun (outside of their military or civil service). Many Americans (particularly in rural areas) start learning to shoot well before they're 10. I did.

. . . .I sincerely appreciate anybody´s help here. I hope you will like the result, when it´s published.
I hope that you'll be able to share a link to the article so that we can read it when it's finished.
 
Hi all,

For German weekly magazine „Stern“ („Star“, 600.000 print copies weekly, 60 million monthly users online) I am working on a story about guns.

I never fired a gun in my life. Now I want to learn how to do it, understand the fascination, get the idea. Hands on.

I will be in the US from the 15th of January on (Los Angeles and Las Vegas). I would really like to meet a gun enthusiast, preferably near Las Vegas, who can take me shooting, safely, of course. The bigger, the better. And who maybe is happy to discuss gun laws, politics etc.
I´ll bring a photographer for strong visual material as well.

Any help from your side is highly appreciated. I am looking forward to getting in touch.

Best regards,
Friedemann Karig
[email protected]

Hi Friedermann,

in case you were interested in visiting the place with the highest concealed carry rate in Europe, I will be happy to take you to a shooting range in Prague and talk to you about the Czech gun culture.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_Czech_Republic
 
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