NBC airing "investigation" into online gunsales tomorrow.

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So we're all sounding off about how much we think this NBC story is ridiculous. Yes, we know it is ridiculous and filled with bad information designed to hit on an emotional level. But as I posted before, it is probably going to influence a lot of people who don't know any better.

What can be done to counteract that influence? We who are posting on this thread are not going to go out and record and edit a pro-gun news story. We probably aren't going to write pro-gun books or news articles either. But at a grassroots level what can we do to provide counter force to mass misinformation such as this NBC report?

Ideas?
 
BridgeTooFar: Excellent point (I don't know how to copy a quote).

2ifbyC:
A significant fraction of gun owners don't believe that we need the NRA.

We should simply allow Senators Feinstein, Schumer, Mayors Bloomberg and Rahm Emmanuel etc to take of the issues involved...and we can all be an "army of one" (person) and resist.
 
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The show probably had 2000 viewers. 500 dedicated gun proponents and 1500 bleeders. Wasn't The Big Bang Theory on TBS at that time? That show gets more viewers for reruns than NBC gets all night.
 
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Holy cow. I only wish I could unwatch it.

Typical "if it bleeds it leads" emotive garbage that barely hides its contempt for the viewer's intelligence. Obviously, it would've spoiled the story if they mentioned that the increasing availability of guns online has coincided with a decrease in the US violent crime rate. However, that would've required research beyond being spoon fed press releases and parroting incoherent gun jargon.

Speaking of which . . .the only real reason for concern is the story's use of MAIG as a source. Clearly the Mayors Advocating for Inept Government are trying to gain traction for their efforts through the media. It might've helped their cause more if they hadn't done so via such a colossally stupid puff piece.

Edited to add: Just wondering out loud here, but I wonder if there's a case to be made that the news crew itself was guilty of a straw purchase. I mean, they cross state lines, pay some non-LE buyers to purchase at least one handgun, take possession of it long enough to film some B roll footage . . .
 
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Funny thing is they snagged some of that footage of the AR-15 in the beginning from a channel on Youtube without even asking for the guy's permission to do so.
 
AlexanderA said:
Speaking of "due diligence," as a non-FFL, I don't feel comfortable selling a gun to a private party that I don't know personally. My policy in such a situation is to run the sale through an FFL, even though it's not required, it's inconvenient, and it costs more. This allows for a Form 4473 to be filled out and a NCIS check run. But then again, I don't make many sales and I don't particularly need the money.

It wouldn't bother me at all if this sort of thing was required by law. If nothing else, this would tend to protect gun owners themselves. I just don't like the "bottom feeders" of the gun world, the kind of guys that sell guns from the trunks of their cars at gun shows.
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The only time I ever sold a firearm to a private party, this is what I did as well. Only instead of having him meet me at a typical FFL holder (i.e. a gun shop), I had him meet me at the local police station, and they processed the Form 4473 themselves. No question that this isn't how most FTF transactions occur though.
 
Does it ever make sense to call the local NBC affiliate? How bout calling the advertisers?
 
I got a giggle at ".50 cal sniper rifle, the most powerful gun legally sold in the us"

I know the Anzio Ironworks is a 20mm approx 3x a 50 bmg for a new production rifle, and the Lahti L-39 as a historical 20mm rifle that is out there, both completely legal to buy.

It'll take you 6 months, a $200 tax stamp, and probably about 10 grand, but saying the 50 cal is the most powerful gun you can buy where there is stuff that is more powerful is like saying Texas is the largest state in the USA, if you don't count Alaska....

oh yea, and what is a police grade pistol? is that like an assault clip?
 
I watched it this morning and I taped it to watch again. After reading all of the THR responses I was surprised no one came up with what hit me while I watched it. This took place in Arizona, and shows how easy it is to get a gun via the internet without the "proper" paper work or background check. The words 'FAST AND FURIOUS' flashed in my mind. Of course!!! The liberal media is trying to deflect the audience's attention away from the Holder criminal fiasco in Arizona and focus on us law abiding citizens as the cause for all the illegal guns out there. Watch your backs folks they are coming to get our guns and the media is only too happy to join them. The re-elect Obama presidential race is going to be a trip into "Alice's Wonderland"
 
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I've got to the point were I can't stand this belligerent BS. Idon't even really care to hear what the leftist media outlets have to say anymore seeing as it's nothing more than the same old news and "progressive" propaganda.
 
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DVR'd it and watched tonight: they ran the Handgun Control Inc. playbook straight, touching on 80s/90s saws like hollowpoint ammunition being made to maim and a rifle being "modified to fire AK-47 rounds." What? Then who turns up but Bloomy and Chuck...Bloomy probably paid for the whole piece and fronted the money to buy the guns.
 
"If nothing else, this would tend to protect gun owners themselves."

I don't need you protecting me. Thanks for your concern for my wellbeing, but stay out of my life with your hairbrained ideas. I'll do my personal deals as I see fit.

John
 
I can offer a little more insight as to how the television press operates. In the late 1990's I was the point man to force a public vote on a controversial ordinance concerning a politically correct policy. A Denver television station sent a crew to my office under the guise of "getting my side of the story". They shot two hours of video asking me the same questions in different formats trying to get me to look like a hateful kook. The only clip they used to accompany the news story was of an unkempt older woman with stringy hair ranting to the City Council about Sodom and Gomorra. So much for accuracy in media......:banghead:
 
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My suggestion is get every pro gun person you know write to the local NBC affiliate stations, and to the local advertisers that buy local ads during the national news. Hit them where the money is, let them know what sort of thing their money is going to pay for. Sure some advertisers are not going to care, some are going to be anti-gun, but some will not want to be associated with it and will mention it to the local station next time it comes time to buy advertising, if for no other reason than to try to get a lower rate.

Ike
 
I think most of what I disagree with on this piece has been said by pretty much everybody else here. However, there is something that I do have to agree with, sadly.

I'm sure I'll get flamed for this but here goes: If you're doing a private sale with someone, and they say something to the effect of "we're not doing a background check right? Because I probably can't pass one" then it's probably a good idea to not sell them the gun. It's possible that the buyer is just some guy making a joke. But you know, maybe he's serious. Or maybe he's a reporter. Either way I think I would personally walk away at that point, with my gun, and without the cash.

There's far too many people out there willing to a buy a quality gun for me to take a chance on selling to someone who admits that they might be a prohibited person, and that I could be committing a crime by selling to them.
 
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