The Worst of the Worst

I glanced at the thing. How come they group the AMT backup with the Jennings, Ravens, Lorcins, and that other pot metal junk? And it does not show up on their list of most confiscated guns either, which is from the early 90's anyway. I bet that list is way out of date and irrelevent now. AMT backups are all steel as far as I have ever seen. At least the one I had, was. Then they noted that this is a Cali. list and it just happens that they are Cali. mfrs, so, duh. Does not matter if they are cheap handguns or expensive handguns, they all are supposed to have the same gov't controls. IF they are sold illegally, then there is no difference between a pot metal gun and the Berettas they mentioned. I can't see what the point is, unless they are gun snobs, too! PBS writers prefer Sigs and Glocks to cheap metal pocket pistols!
 
That website is so full of crap and lies it disgusts me. I took a quiz from it and read an article from Pro/Con. And I know for a fact the content is untrue. :mad:
 
PBS has been spoon feeding kids leftist, liberal garbage for years. I wouldn't even consider any information they come up with regarding firearms.
 
PBS' Frontline is probably of the best documentary program on television. If you watch it for a season, you may be surprised how well each topic (segment) is produced. It is generally hard hitting, fair, objective and a real credit to the journalism profession, IMO.
 
You set the bar really low on this one.

PBS' Frontline is probably of the best documentary program on television. If you watch it for a season, you may be surprised how well each topic (segment) is produced. It is generally hard hitting, fair, objective and a real credit to the journalism profession, IMO.
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The articles in the "Pro/Con" section are definitely slanted/ biased against all firearms.

So much for objective.
 
I listened to NPR radio for years and enjoyed it very much. However, their programming became so infested with anti-gun rhetoric, misinformation and out right deception that I was fed up enough to stop listening to PBS altogether. Their agenda was more than slanted against firearms.
 
I don't suppose anybody else noticed that web page and everything linked off of it is over 10 years old?

True, NPR and PBS tend to have a left-"liberal" bias, but not nearly as badly these days as it used to be. I have actually seen and heard some good, factual, un-biased coverage of firearms-related issues on both, in recent years.
 
I was feeling overly groovy a few years ago and so sent the local NPR a donation. Not for the talk or news, some of the music I liked. Then one day on Memorial day, I was driving along and tuned in. Their "Memorial Day" programming was like a flag burning, they were spewing some of the most disgusting anti american anti military drivel that I have ever heard specially directed at being their spin on the holiday. Therefore they never got another cent from me and I told them why. The AMT is not a saturday night special, sort of a saturday night backup! You need to make a bumper sticker, that says, "Hey PBS, BIG BIRD!"(picture of the middle finger)
 
PBS programming does include some worthwhile programs, but almost none of those include programs on firearms.

Years ago (80's) my wife and I donated to PBS to support programs like Nova, Carl Sagan's Cosmos, Attenborough's Life on Earth, and a few other select programs. Then they aired a program on the "ring of fire" west coast gun makers (Jennings, Lorcin, Raven, etc.) and it was complete yellow journalism. I sent their next donation request back with a short letter that said no more funding until PBS publicly apologized for the outright lies in the program. I haven't donated since.

Our California "approved handgun" list is a direct outgrowth of the anti-gun movement. They demonized these guns as cheap, inaccurate, unreliable and even prone to explode when used. To "protect" citizens they created a testing process to approve guns for sale. To the embarrassment of Diane Feinstein and other supporters, many of these "cheap and dangerous" guns passed the tests. What few people mentioned, but not even PBS who often champions the poor and disenfranchised, was that these cheap guns were often all the poor could afford for personal protection in very bad neighborhoods.
 
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You need to make a bumper sticker, that says, "Hey PBS, BIG BIRD!"(picture of the middle finger)

AMEN, I'm out to the "sticker guy" for that one tomorrow! Love it.

I have also been introduced to some good music on npr. A few have even earned my $'s in the form of purchased CDs. I just hope I never hear about their politics. I try to be careful about where my money goes. Still listen to both. You need to understand how these people think. Sun Tsu said so.
 
I must say that I actually own a Raven 25, I was readfy to use it as a fishing weight and one last time lubed it and put some ammo in it, and to my surprise for the first time in 15 years it actually worked reliably. Maybe they are like fine wines, just need to be aged..... I do agree that they are junk throw away guns though
 
Hard for me to hold PBS as a whole responsible for every bit of each of the documentaries and programs that they run. They run some good stuff and some I disagree with. A lot of it though is thought provoking and a step above the drivel on a lot of other places.

History channel runs some good stuff. Because they run some poorly produced and researched shows don't cause me to write it all off.

Spike runs some shows I enjoy. They also run "Manswers" which is directed at 13 year olds and promotes stupidity. But I'll scope an old CSI on it.

Is this thread about guns?

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PBS ranks right up there with Time and Newsweek for their agendas and viewpoints - which are nice if you wear rose-colored glasses and believe the government really IS your friend and wants to take care of you......:barf:
 
I listened to NPR in the past just to hear their slant on things, but never contributed. KInd of a know your enemy thing. As to the dreader SNS guns, I owned a Raven for about 5 years and was very happy with it, reliable and reasonably accurate. I currently still own a Jennings J22 and it is one of my kick around guns. Not quite as reliable as the Raven, but still not bad.
 
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