Gun Writer's commandments

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1. Honor thy advertisers. Thou shalt not say bad things about them.

2. Honor the 1911 and it's creator. Thou shall not blaspeme them.!

3. Thou shall leave off an occasional "G", lettin' yor readers to believe you are a down home gun totin' reg'lar guy, despite your masters in English.

4. If thy gun groups lousy, do not say so. Thou shall speak of "Fightin' distance", and "Real world acc'racy".

5. Mention guys named "Skeeter", "Colonel", or "Kieth", despite the fact that you never met them and have no relevence in today's firearms industry.

6. Never mention that your law enforcement experience consisted of being grade school hall monitor.

7. Never underestimate the gulibility of the typical gun owner. Thou shall hype dangerous game rifles and ammuntion despite marketing research that shows your average suscriber has shot nothing larger than a day-glo target sticker.

8. Thou shall use words like tactical, match grade, and milspec, though they have no true meaning.

9. Thou shall test all firearms with the most expensive ammo you can, for thy shall get freebies for using them.

10. When thou mentions that thou like the gun so much that thy bought it, thou shall not mention that it cost only 20% because of the great write up, and is currntly listed on Gunbroker.

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All the old standby ammo is as out of fashion as formica countertops in a half million dollar house. If you don't have the new XYZ that has earth escape velocity you shouldn't be shooting. Gunwriters can make you barf.
 
"Thou shalt, on occasion, speak ill of black rifles and their association to terrorists. "

.......This commandment, though still practiced by some orthodox sects, was repealed by the internet council of 2007-2008 and the susequent burning of "He who shall not be named" at the stake.
 
You shall use the following at least once in every article:

"classic"

"Showed acceptable reliability after the normal break-in period"


"Handled x rounds of mixed ammo with nary a bobble"
 
LOL, and try to invent answers for questions no one asks. And to theorys, ideas and half truths, myths, urban legends, and info refuted by any ballistic chart as fact.
 
Man, you guys are tough. I'm glad I spend my writin' time writin' 'bout the Constitution.

Y' kaint knock John Connor's Gun Crank Diaries or Mas Ayoob's columns, though!

Woody
 
I like it, even if those with a master's degree in English differentiate between its and it's in the Second Commandment. :)
 
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