awesome video on MSNBC, full-auto shoot

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Good stuff. I'm not especially enamored of full-auto guns myself, but I'd love to attend one of the full-auto shoots that happen every year. They just look like so much fun.

Didn't see a comment section though - was I not looking hard enough, or?
 
It would be great fun, but I can barely afford ammo for my semi-autos. Can't imagine how anyone could afford to shoot a minigun!
 
Sorry I meant one comment by the reporter...the one lumped in before the intentionally humerous comment on the "environmental impact they're having on the hillside."

Ginger you don't need a full-auto to go through 9 bucks worth of ammo in 30 seconds, three loaded mags of 9mm seem to work just as effectively.
 
For an uninformed person, that video may have painted a picture of gun owners as a bunch of crazies wanting to shoot up anything and everything in front of them.

Another thing that the segment failed to mention is the difficulty of purchasing fully automatic firearms yourself. One may assume that these types of weapons are actually the "assault weapons" that politicians and Brady's are rallying against.

All in all, the segment painted a very vague and even scary picture of gun owners but they did it in such a way that is appealing to gun owners at the same time. I didn't think it was informative or fair at all. The commentator seemed too sarcastic. The media will spin their anti-gun agenda in any way that they can, especially now with the 2A ruling coming out within the next few days.
 
Well, what the...?

I just saw an event video on G4 TV yesterday doing a story on the same machinegun shoot.

http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/videos/26598/OK_Full_Auto_Shoot_and_Trade_Show.html

Overall on the positive side and was surprised at how well Alison Haislip handled the bolt gun. Some questionable editing, like talking about the sniper shoot showing a guy taking aim and then cutting to a clip of a guy prepping the minivan down range. Not really sure if Ms. Haislip actually shot at the van when she took the wheel of the minigun or if it was just editing to imply so.
 
This story did not do gun owners any favors. Here is the recipe for perpetuating this negative stereotype:
1. Large crowd of NASCAR looking spectators and participants blowing up cars.
2. Plenty of bad grammar.
3. As mentioned, no mention of the process for obtaining a machine gun, or the safety precautions taken at these events.

While good for entertainment value, this doesn't do much to further our cause.

Just my opinion.
 
You mean on that hillside?
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In the van! :)


While good for entertainment value, this doesn't do much to further our cause.
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It kinda does. No one was shot, No beer in the video. It would be a chilly day in hell before you seen something like this where I live, but at least they allowed them to do it. It helps our cause, as if they didn't allow them to do it, I'm sure someone would have spoken up somewhere. The only thing that wouldn't help our cause would be them NOT letting them have that event.
 
For an uninformed person, that video may have painted a picture of gun owners as a bunch of crazies wanting to shoot up anything and everything in front of them.
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This story did not do gun owners any favors. Here is the recipe for perpetuating this negative stereotype:
1. Large crowd of NASCAR looking spectators and participants blowing up cars.
2. Plenty of bad grammar.
3. As mentioned, no mention of the process for obtaining a machine gun, or the safety precautions taken at these events.
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(Can't agree with your slant that the "process" adds to safety)

Generaly I agree with these sentiments though. Combined with the other 99% of negative MSNBC gun stories this fits right in with anti gun views.
The story itself might not seem anti combined with a pro gun mindset or positive stories like on THR, but combined with the mindset of MSNBC stories it is definately negative.

Most of thier stories are anti-gun, pro gun-control. The few "neutral" stories showing this type of crowd, with cars blowing up and fires being started fits right in with thier anti message.
The emphasis on recklessness in the video does not highlight the level of safety present either.
 
I was not implying that the process of obtaining a machie gun makes the event safer, I was referring to the safety precautions taken at the event. Also, the process by which one obtains a machine gun was not mentioned. I was not intending the two to relate to each other.
 
Did anyone else notice that one of the sniper competitors was using a Super VEPR .308? Sweet!
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I saw that too. When I first saw it on the show, I thought it looked like a Super Vepr (as I have one myself) but thought, 'who would use that for a sniper platform?', the gun (at least my sample) isn't the most precise so I figured it was probably a Choate Varmint stocked gun instead. Slowing down the G4 website's version and the OP's link confirmed it was a Super V.
 
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