Heidi and Spencer... pro-gun celebs

[bdickens]

Wow. Some celebrity of some sort or other decides to do something that portrays firearms in some kind of non-sinister fashion and all some people here can do is criticize their technique or question their motives.

"Shooting looks like it would be a fun hobby, but I'm afraid I might do something wrong and the bunch over at The High Road will jump on my case. Oh, well...."

 

[physics]

man, i hear about these two every time my wife decides to turn on E! i never thought i'd see them referenced on THR.

the end is near.

My wife watches that stuff too. Is nowhere safe!?!

Wow. Some celebrity of some sort or other decides to do something that portrays firearms in some kind of non-sinister fashion and all some people here can do is criticize their technique or question their motives.

"Shooting looks like it would be a fun hobby, but I'm afraid I might do something wrong and the bunch over at The High Road will jump on my case. Oh, well...."

While I appreciate the help in spreading the word, I would really hate for one to shoot the other, that wouldn't look very good for us. Everyone needs to know and obey the 4 rules. Not just us common folk, everyone. There is NO EXCUSE for poor trigger discipline.

All it takes is one accident, and our previous blessing of celebrity backer of the 2A is a huge media story at best and an anti at the worst. I would like to also point out that the guy pointed an AR directly at the camera, with a mag in, finger on the trigger. It's too bad I wasn't the cameraman.

This is what makes me say that they need to offer some kind of gun safety classes to kids in school. It makes so little sense not to teach this stuff. Then you can rule out ignorance and blame stupidity.

 

[David904]

They aren't stupid.

What they are is: young, untrained, and from an area where firearms handling is the exception rather than the norm. They are simply in need of decent instruction.

We may think they are goobers, but fortunately it isn't just the cool people who get to own guns. That video basically showed what I perceived to be "shiny new toys syndrome." They just got these guns and the novelty of actually owning and shooting a firearm was still very new to them. Make certain that they learn safe handling practices and cut them some slack.

 

[David904]

And if I had been the cameraman, I would have scalped that kid for pointing the AR at me. The bolt was closed, the dust cover open... There could very well have been a live round in the chamber.

Safety training. That's what they need - not huge piles of criticism.

 

[physics]

Safety training. That's what they need - not huge piles of criticism.

I think that so many gun accidents could be stopped by a proper public education program. Instead of the media and school systems spending so much time on telling kids that guns are bad, don't touch guns, they really need to take the time and show kids how to safely handle a gun.

I think that gun safety is just as important as any other subject, even math or physics. It is so simple, takes so little time to teach. It's not like you have to obey the 10 axioms of a vector space.

 

[Cosmoline]

Who?

 

[Ctone03]

Their gun handling skills may be lacking . . .

. . . but they were shooting at the "LAX Firing Range!"

 

[lysander]

Wow. Some celebrity of some sort or other decides to do something that portrays firearms in some kind of non-sinister fashion and all some people here can do is criticize their technique or question their motives.

"Shooting looks like it would be a fun hobby, but I'm afraid I might do something wrong and the bunch over at The High Road will jump on my case. Oh, well...."

I am not sure I am willing to confuse what these two are doing as a legitimate interest in firearms. What they are interested in...and have done successfully, is to get all of us visiting the website hosting the video and pictures. (self included...since I passed along the video link)

Good for them if they shoot. Better for them if they are taking it up as both a hobby and a cause.

....somehow I doubt that either of the above is the case.

 

[RTFM]

Who the H are those two knuckleheads?

 

[HK G3]

Wow. Some celebrity of some sort or other decides to do something that portrays firearms in some kind of non-sinister fashion and all some people here can do is criticize their technique or question their motives.

Here's the problem - actors that are type-cast as drooling morons (or perhaps just stupid IRL also) merely serves to reinforce the antis' stereotype that gun owners = idiots/rednecks/untrustworthy due to gross incompetence.

We need celebs like Chuck Heston again - guys and gals who are brilliant, well-spoken, and charismatic. We don't need people that are renowned for their ability to be stupid and infuriate others, which is what these two are known for.

 

[lysander]

We need celebs like Chuck Heston again - guys and gals who are brilliant, well-spoken, and charismatic. We don't need people that are renowned for their ability to be stupid and infuriate others, which is what these two are known for.

I'd rather have somebody like Rosie have an epiphany and flip sides.

 

[Gunnerpalace]

Did you guys miss the Thread where we have DEALERS and CCWer' having ND's? Sounds to me like we have some inward problems to fix.

 

[Atla]

I always thought Spencer was a complete moron.

But than, I shouldn't have been watching The Hills in the first place.