Gun Myths straight from the liberal media. This is good.

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Nice vid. More people need to see stuff like that. Of course, on this forum it's like preaching to the choir, but it's good that there is positive media out there, however few a far between.
 
I'm surprised Stossel had a job after reporting on such madness
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Stossel is the mainstream media's token non-liberal. He probably bugs the hell out of them, but there's no way they could get rid of him without raising too many eyebrows.
 
"they're trying to get rid of that right now"

That is the scariest thing I've heard so far from this administration. Next thing
you know he'll be trying to allow himself to serve more than two terms. Oh wait....
 
I seem to recall hearing something about people being concerned with terrorists using 22lr rifles taking out the engines of an aircraft on takeoff.

If that's true, then it seems more likely that terrorists would buy something less expensive and easily more available than the $8,000 - 10,000+ 50 cal rifles.


As for the "heat seeking" bullets, where can I pick up a few boxes? And why hasn't the military started using them?? :p :rolleyes:
 
I found this after watching the OPs video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysf8x477c30

Pretty good explanation of "semi-auto" and "fully automatic" and "assault rifle" myths.
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I believe that officer got into trouble for creating that video.
I believe it conflicted with the San Jose Police Department's official position at the time, and presenting himself as an officer of that department giving such information was not appreciated.
Official positions of many departments (decided by the Brass and politicians, so essentialy the positions of a department are the positions of the politicians) is for gun control, even if individual officers feel differently.
Of course that likely comes from people voting for the most authoritarian figures to "crack down on crime." Individuals who make a political career about controlling others. It should be no surprise they then do not favor certain individual freedoms while in power and resent grunts who voice a different opinion.

Here is some situations Officer Leroy Pyle had because of his vocal 2nd Amendment support:

http://www.guncite.com/aswpolice.html :
Some police chiefs have attempted to suppress dissenting voices in their department. For example, in San Jose, former police chief Joseph McNamara wrote fund-raising letters for Handgun Control, Inc., on official city stationary, and claimed to represent what "every police officer" believed. In 1989, one of McNamara's officers, a firearms instructor named Leroy Pyle, was subpoenaed by the California legislature and legally required to testify before that body. Officer Pyle did so, on his own time, and out of uniform. The next day, Pyle was suspended from duty, and McNamara attempted to fire him.

Handgun Control inc was the previous name of the Brady Center.

Here is a biography of officer Leroy Pyle, citing some of the problems he had by being a vocal supporter of the 2nd Amendment:
http://www.2ampd.net/Articles/Pyle/LeroyPyle-Biography.htm



You mean talk radio? Well, they're trying to get rid of that right now. If the Left has their way, you'll have to listen illegal broadcasts on shortwave to hear anything but the Party line.
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You think that is funny, check out this story:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=201280

ABC assigning a former Handgun Control Inc (Brady Campaign) member to cover gun related topics such as covering pro-gun events and legislation by the NRA.
So the public gets thier pro-gun coverage filtered through someone who wants firearms banned.

Unfortunately that is far from unique, and similar policies and situations exist in a lot of the media. They have agendas, and they make legislation happen. They can artificialy create an appearant immediate problem (like too many guns, shootings etc) by selective coverage, and then show people with a solution (banning X.) All while being "neutral". :rolleyes:
 
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IBTL...love the topic, but I don't see a future. Stossel is less annoying than Heraldo, and he is definitely more open minded; however, I don't think this thread has anything to do with the mission of THR.

All grandiosity aside, I may be wrong and hope to be wrong. I do hope we can keep it alive and discuss the merits of the broadcasts linked herein, but I envision a lil chaos.
 
About 90% of the media is.............
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Oh stop playing the paranoid victim card!

What, was it not good enough that Stossel does us a good thing, but instead of singing praises for what he has done, you classify him as being part of the opposition. Now isn't that really bright, turning on an allie who has a national voice and who speaks on our behalf?

Here is a clue. He isn't part of the liberal media.
 
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