Brady Campaign Board Member Gets CCW

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FWIW, Ms blog won't be running Ms. Yewman's next three blog posts, due to the immense amount of feedback which they characterize as "threatening".
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Gary, do you have a link to that?

What's interesting is that they haven't published the so-called "threatening" comments. Thing is, it would behoove them to publish those very comments, as it would "prove" we're all a bunch of saber-rattling, knuckle-dragging weirdos with hair-trigger tempers.
 
Tom, the link is the original link that Bartholomew posted. The quote is from the last comment, by:
Michele Kort says: June 23, 2013 at 12:49 pm
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BTW, I posted a very non-threatening reply stating that I understood her trying to make a point, but agreed with the cop she encountered. I also offered to train her free of charge in firearms safety and defensive tactics. My comment was deleted.
 
Ah, thanks. She was responding to the comment above that, which was this:

I just heard that you are not going to be able to continue this series due to the trolls and hate mongers within the gun community who lack the ability to understand that their view of the world is not the only one.
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So, where are those comments? I'm sure folks like Yewman would love to play the bullied martyr card.

The answer? There aren't any. The article wasn't meant to inspire (or tolerate) debate; it's a propaganda piece.
 
From the publisher's mouth:
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We have not “bowed to the altar of guns.” Ms. Yewman’s follow-up articles will be published in the Huffington Post.
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I'm not exactly sure what that means. Did they can her? Send her to Huffington? Are Huff and MS related?

Seems, on the surface, like MS got too many comments/complaints by their demographics to make them rethink the project.


Sgt Lumpy
 
Gary, the problem is that Joe Nocera approached the issue from the viewpoint that "Second Amendment absolutists" censored MS via "bullying" behavior.

He took the claims of MS editors and Heidi Yewman as factual.

So, while the NRA:1 MS: 0 assessment may be accurate, Nocera does not think that is a good thing.
 
The article wasn't meant to inspire (or tolerate) debate; it's a propaganda piece.
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Exactly. This was a hit piece, pure and simple. The author has an agenda that coincides with the publication. It is akin to someone buying, and trying to drive a manual transmission motor vehicle with no knowledge or training of how the vehicle works. Truly sickening, and I think the entire article backfired on "Ms."
 
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So much fail.

"Let me demostrate how irresponsible gun owners are by buying a gun and being irresponsible."

Pretty much sums up the entire article.

Can people just buy a gun without any training? Yes. But its not recommended and any responsible person would seek out said training but not her.

Can said person with no training then apply for a permit to carry and walk about concealed? Yes. But once again, any responsible person would seek out training and advice on legality on carrying/post shoot but not her.

Responsible she is not, just another anti propaganda campaign.

Couple scenarios to contemplate.
1. Something happens and she has the opportunity to intervene(100% clean shoot) and doesnt. Next blog says something along the lines of "I could have stopped him/her/it but didnt because I was scared/etc therefore everyone else that carries wouldnt have stopped it either"
2. Same scenario as #1 but she does intervene. "Im contributing to the bloodshed and violence, poor me."
3. Bad shoot. "See how easy it is for criminals?!?!?!?!"
Etc. No matter what happens it will be spun against us.
 
As a bit of a (pointless-yet-curious) experiment, I posted the following comment... I wonder if it'll make it through??
I'm taking bets... your odds are not good. :p

"This is America and you have many freedoms, those freedoms come with the expectation that you act responsibly.
Just because a person can purchase a gun in the manner described by Heidi does not make it the correct way to exercise those rights, and most everyone knows it.
She could also buy a bulldozer, semi truck, boat or ultralight airplane in under an hour, all of which can be deadly in an instant.
Heidi’s actions demonstrate a severe lack of respect for our freedoms and the responsibilities that accompany those freedoms"
 
No matter what happens it will be spun against us.
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Loaded questions, strawman argument, begging the question, confirmation bias, etc.

I'd tell her to read Aristotle but she probably would assume he's a misogynist or something.
 
I check every day and no indication of the articles. Wonder if this is just a ruse to drum up support for Ms. Yewman. We may never see the rest of the story (if in fact there IS a rest of the story).
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They lost control of the narrative and bailed.
 
What is her address... I'd like to send her a sympathy card
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In the story they're trying to spin, that would be considered a threat. Everything's a threat. Are you a big hairy guy with a gun on your hip, yelling at her?
 
"Month with a gun" piece?

About a month ago an author wrote a piece for MS magazine saying she was going to carry a gun for a month to see what it was like. Her point seemed to be that it was too easy for an irresponsible person to do this, and she proved this by being as irresponsible as possible. She got a lot of response about being intentionally stupid and the magazine apparently decided to not run any more segments about it. The follow ups were supposed to be published in some other venue, anybody seen them?
 
Thanks, that's the direction I was looking for. I guess the Huff-Po is going to start over because that is the first piece as it was printed in MS.
 
Month with a gun

Hope whoever she was, took the concealed carry class required. That alone, should have convinced her that the various states allowing concealed or open carry statutes, don't allow just any "smuck" to pack a pistol. In Texas, a prospective CHL applicant must pass the same background check as a peace officer. Instructors urge CHL recipients, to attach their license alongside the drivers license, as a courtesy, to let an officer who has initiated a traffic stop know, they are dealing with someone forthright, and honest. I have carried a handgun for years, as a LEO, and CHL holder. There is nothing glamorous about carrying a concealed weapon, when it is 100 degrees in the shade. A handgun is a necessary tool for law enforcement, and others using their 2nd Amendment Right(s) lawfully. Most officers, during their careers, thankfully, never fire their sidearms, save, on a range. Tell that to a gun control advocate, but don't expect them to believe you!!!
 
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