How to Write About Firearms - A guide for liberal columnists who don’t want to sound stupid...

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE ^ | January 13, 2011 | Robert VerBruggen

[Miss_Meyet]

Thanks, neverdem!

[JayVee]

Used to have a book in my collection (God knows where it is now!) that was a glossary of terms about firearms that was aimed at fiction writers who wanted their work to be factually correct. If I can find it, or another copy, I would be more than happy give out the title so others can check it out as well,

[Blood of Tyrants]

Jared Loughner left his house that day intending to assassinate Representative Giffords. There is absolutely no reason to believe that a more restrictive concealed-carry regime would have changed that. If he was willing to violate laws against murder, he was willing to violate laws against concealed carry. Suggesting otherwise just shows that you haven’t bothered to think things through.

No, it shows that you are STUPID!

[Celtic Cross]

I’m not, by any measure, a gun expert, but I’ve read some unbelieveable cr@p on CNN and other leftist websites. It seems that they literally know NOTHING about guns. I had no idea that anyone could be so friggin ignorant about a fairly simple subject.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***I own a very similar handgun myself (a 9mm Ruger P95), along with a 30-round magazine; if I fill the magazine before I get to the shooting range,***

The author is an idiot. Doesn’t he know that no one is ever killed by the first 10 rounds fired from a magazine? It is the rounds at the bottom of the 15-30 round magazines that do all the killing.

Sarc/off

[pnh102]

And please, "journalists," stop using the "guide" below:

[Joe Brower]

Great article.

The lefty journalists will never read it, much less adhere to it.

[Zakeet]

In fact, here's all a liberal columnist knows or thinks he needs to
know to write about firearms

[Miss_Meyet]

...Or, more frighteningly, Rep. Peter King [R., N.Y.], who says he’s going to introduce a law that would simply make it illegal to bring a gun near a public official.

I have to say I was unpleasantly surprised by this news a couple of days ago.

When I said I was waiting to be surprised by the new GOP House Majority, I had hoped I would be happily surprised. Guess I should have made myself clear.

[ssaftler]

A guide for liberal columnists who don't want to sound stupid about guns.

I can some up everything they need to do to accomplish this in four words:

DON'T
WRITE
ABOUT
GUNS

Simple enough that even a liberal can understand it!

[snowrip]

Point #5: A “clip” is something that holds papers together. A “banana clip” is something that holds bananas together.

Point #6: An “assault rifle” is a weapon that has a three-position selector switch, not something that looks like it ha a three-position selector switch.

[MichiganConservative]

Peter King is an embarrassment. He needs to go. By “needs to go”, I am referring to the voters in his district picking someone else in their next primary election.

I don’t mean to insinuate anything violent as I know the feds have right-wingers on the Internet in their crosshairs and have us targeted for bad-scary-speech that makes mother Pelosi cry.

[Miss_Meyet]

Used to have a book in my collection (God knows where it is now!) that was a glossary of terms about firearms that was aimed at fiction writers who wanted their work to be factually correct.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation has an online guide, too.

[Blood of Tyrants]

9mm semiautomatics are “not suited for hunting or personal protection” and that “what it’s good for is killing and injuring a lot of people quickly.”

I wonder if the author even realizes how STUPID they sound. Do they not realize the "killing and injuring a lot of people quickly" is EXACTLY what you want to do in a situation where you need a firearm?

[SeeSac]

The fact that they’re “semiautomatic” means they fire one bullet for each pull of the trigger.

My semi:

[Bitsy]

for liberal columnists who don’t want to sound stupid

Is that possible in any case?

[matt1234]

It was largely the media’s reporting on guns and the military that caused me to question all information they produce on evey subject. If they cannot accurately report relatively simple facts like gun nomenclature, how can we trust them to accurately report more complex information?

[Miss_Meyet]

Peter King is an embarrassment. He needs to go.
By “needs to go”, I am referring to the voters in his district picking someone else in their next primary election.

Wow! In light of everything that's happened lately, I'm really, really glad you clarified that. I thought that you meant he needed to visit the men's room...

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Imagine if our “revolutionary” forefathers like Thomas Paine had never been allowed allowed to say; (Give me Liberty, or give me death!) but of course the MSM geniuses would define this slogan as a declaration of committing suicide. But should be deeply investigated and evaluated any way.