Posted on 05/15/2015 2:31:53 PM PDT by marktwain
A couple of weeks ago, I received the expected rejection from the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma on my application to attend their "workshop for journalists on covering guns and gun violence". I expected it because it is clear that the "workshop" has become a mere exercise in producing disarmist propaganda, rather than an objective effort designed to help journalists get their facts right on events involving guns. To giver credit where due, Bruce Shapiro, Director at Dart, is unfailingly polite in the rejection email.
But why doesn't the lineup include any scholar who's researched the idea that guns, or at least the defense display of guns, may often save lives?Stern goes on to reveal more indications of a world view antagonistic to anything positive about guns or gun ownership:
Shapiro guffawed: "Look, guns kill people, right?" he said.
Um, okay, professor. Sorry we asked.
Reporters at the seminar will receive an education in how guns work, too, Shapiro confirmed. So which of the many gunsmiths or firearms dealers in Arizona did the Dart Center invite to go over that material? Maybe someone from the Ruger manufacturing plant in Prescott?Ray Stearn actually believes in journalistic integrity. He is hardly known as someone who champions conservatives. But it is clear that he champions the truth, at least as much as it can be found. He also realizes that he will not be making friends at the Dart Center with this article. The entire article is worth reading. I know that I am going to pay more attention to articles by Stern in the future.
Nope -- serving as the seminar's gun-hardware expert, Shapiro said, will be journalist Marc Cooper, who wrote in 2013 that he'd subscribe to Guns & Ammo magazine after one its columnists (now fired) advocated for gun-control measures.
Ever notice how pro-gun events are always open to the public while anti-gunners hold closed meetings? I can’t imagine a pro-gun educational event telling reporters sorry we don’t have room. They would probably find a larger venue.
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Claims of 12000 per year untrue. See the following site
http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet
Lots of falsehoods in that pic.
I pointed some out to the Dart contact. I did not receive a reply.
The left loves the views of Lewis Carroll’s “Red Queen” (Alice in Wonderland) - “Sentence first — verdict afterwards!”
Heck, all they wanted to do is have a anti-gun pep rally.
That’s how Che Guevara operated.
Maybe they’re afraid you’ll drop a turd in their punchbowl?
In reality though, it’s obvious what their intent is, and opposing views are not in their interests.
Typical Leftists. Unable to counter an intelligent rebuttal to their position.
Anti gun events can't be successful if rational folks are allowed in to express their opinions.
Countdown to “denier” enters the lexicon.
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