NPR says no pro-gun person will come on the show

It’s difficult being “open-minded” about the left’s view on gun control when they are in the midst of putting the final touches on new gun legislation. It’s analogous to the metaphor of two wolves and a sheep discussing what’s for lunch; we are not one of the wolves.

A large portion of those in the middle of the 2A rights issue are in the “something has to be done” camp. They can be easily sold on the idea that no one needs an “assault” weapon or large magazine capacities. So when the media spends the major of its coverage on this issue, an additional gun law is born.

The lazy man’s solution has always won in the past. Getting the public to understand inroads for other solutions, e.g., mental health, school security, is far more difficult. In addition to using facts and figures to dispel the left’s attacks on more gun control, we should turn the table and have them explain the facts and figures to support why other alternatives won’t work.

Good luck finding a media outlet that will provide such a forum and equal time.

"There are greater percentage of analytical sorts listening to NPR than probably any other radio programming."

How do we know how many "analytical sorts" listen to any particular radio programming?

Analytical sorts know that no-one listens to radio anymore. NPR is completely irrelevant.

I listen to NPR because it's the only talk radio I can receive in my area. As mentioned, Neil Conan seems to be the only one trying to be objectionable. Recent "debates" have been impossible to listen to, unfortunately, causing me to switch to music before my head explodes. A choice comment about JHPs being "armor piercing" almost caused me to drive off the road.

Worse, we're supposed to be advocates and most of us sit around swapping empty rhetoric with each other instead of debating RKBA with others that may not share our views exactly.

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Actually, everything here is empty rhetoric. And yours is a great point.

I volunteered with various agencies in both VA and AZ, where I now live. I make friends at the range and compete regularly, even if on a social (meaning my scores suck) level. And I invite friends who have not had the opportunity to visit a range. No one I have associated with in this way has ever expressed irrational fear or anti-gun feelings after learning safety, handling and shooting firearms. No matter what size or caliber.

I am a member of, and contribute to, the NRA.

Rather than discuss, I would rather do one or all of the above. See y'all next week!

It's too bad that neither Bush as President did anything to cut the funding of this slop trap.

What is NPR?


Irrelevent

I heard a gun store owner from Wyoming on NPR last night. Very well-spoken, level headed and intelligent. And NPR treated him respectfully, with objectivity and professionalism. One of the most intelligent and balanced conversation I've heard on the topic in months.

I listen to public radio a lot. While not immune to repeating the logical fallacies all media seem to, they get it right more than most.

When the Mayor of Newtown was on Talk of the Nation, he called for a ban on "automatic and semiautomatic weapons". I've heard that a lot over the past few weeks and wasn't surprised that a public official was grouping auto and semi-auto weapons together as if they were the same thing. It's a common scare tactic. What surprised me was the NPR hosts response:
"I think you're misspeaking: automatic weapons are already banned."

Correcting a guest who is calling for gun control reform is rare enough, but calling out a public official who is doing that? The mayor of Newton? On NPR? Yep, NPR.

The NPR show Marketplace covered the LA gun buyback. They interviewed a few people who where there turning in guns. With one exception, the people they interviewed had the same story. They had low-quality guns they didn't want anymore and they were taking the chance to cash in. No, they weren't the only guns they had. No, they didn't think gun buybacks had any meaningful impact on the number of guns on the street.

The same show also covered gun control in Europe. They covered all the stats you normally hear. Few guns, few gun deaths. However, they also talked about Switzerland. Lots of guns, few gun deaths. Here's the message they left the NPR listeners with:
"Tougher laws cannot prevent every rampage killing. The worst civilian gun massacre in recent years -- in which 69 people died -- happened in Norway, which, next to Britain, has the strictest gun restrictions in Europe."

I hear things on NPR that I believe are wrong, but I see less bias in their reporting and any other news outlet.

Another gun loving NPR fan here.

Sick of the uneducated poo-pooing NPR

As an almost daily listener and supporter of my local public radio station I can assure you that there are many NPR listeners across the country that live outside of the major metro areas that are gun owners and are interested in having intelligent articulate RKBA advocates come on these programs and present the facts and statistics showing that advocating for RKBA is a responsible and logical stance. There are greater percentage of analytical sorts listening to NPR than probably any other radio programming.

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This is spot-on!


And check this out, NPR proves the necesity of a people having the right to bear arms.. http://www.npr.org/2012/12/28/168193827/out-of-desperation-north-korean-women-become-breadwinners

David Keene was interviewed yesterday on the "Around the Nation" show.

http://www.npr.org/2013/01/11/169172198/nra-head-registry-of-gun-owners-would-be-very-dangerous

The interview was rationale with reasonable questions and he did very well.

Much better than some of the ranters we see on the Networks by both the interviewer and respondant, if it is the same show. Female interviewer?