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14 Things Everyone Should Understand About Guns
thefederalist.com ^ | 2/24/2015 | Sean Davis

Posted on 02/24/2015 6:49:44 AM PST by rktman

Guns can be dangerous in the wrong hands. But so are articles about guns written by people who don’t understand anything about them.

There’s sadly no excuse to be ignorant about firearms. They’ve been around for hundreds of years. They’re owned and operated safely by tens of millions of Americans each year. Our Constitution guarantees our individual right to possess guns so that we might be able to defend ourselves from those who would violently take away our freedom. Many gun controllers, however — some of whom have bylines for major media organizations — don’t actually know the first thing about firearms.

Here’s a good example of the kind of self-inflicted injury that can result from weaponizing an ill-informed opinion about guns and gun-related paraphernalia, courtesy of Ryan J. Reilly of Huffington Post:

(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; blog; bloggers; guncontrol
Good reminders for all. Of course most of this is refuted in the "PREVENTING GUN VIOLENCE THROUGH EFFECTIVE MESSAGING" guide book found here: http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/748675/gun-violencemessaging-guide-pdf-1.pdf as well as lots of lies and bs rhetoric. But, the IPOS/SPOS buy it hook line and sinker.
1 posted on 02/24/2015 6:49:44 AM PST by rktman
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To: rktman

DOH! Active linky thing:

http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/748675/gun-violencemessaging-guide-pdf-1.pdf


2 posted on 02/24/2015 6:50:12 AM PST by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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Are you sure you want to give them the hit traffic?


3 posted on 02/24/2015 6:51:54 AM PST by OKSooner ("Remember Fort Hood, Boston, and Moore, Oklahoma.")
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LOL! The messaging guide or the Federalist? I’m thinkin’ you’re talkin’ about the messaging guide. Not sure about “hit” traffic but it never hurts to know their tactics. :>}

(Wheels down, roof up!)


4 posted on 02/24/2015 6:59:12 AM PST by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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Okay. You do have a point about knowing their tactics. Just axin’.


5 posted on 02/24/2015 7:01:23 AM PST by OKSooner ("Remember Fort Hood, Boston, and Moore, Oklahoma.")
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bump for later read


6 posted on 02/24/2015 7:13:48 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but, they're true)
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To: OKSooner

Well, knowing them and their evilness, they would probably use a hit count to tout just how interested people are on doing away with all civilian ownership of firearms. Otherwise, why would folks be looking up the info. I see your point too.


7 posted on 02/24/2015 7:19:20 AM PST by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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So Simple Even A Muslim Can Work It


8 posted on 02/24/2015 7:26:31 AM PST by Iron Munro (Mark Steyn: "fundamentally transformed" is a euphemism for "wrecked beyond repair.")
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I believe these are rubber bullets, can anyone confirm?

My jaw dropped. Then I had a good chuckle. What a ignorant, sheltered, pathetic excuse for an intellectual.

9 posted on 02/24/2015 7:38:51 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Where am I to go now that I've gone too far?)
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I would add another to their 4 rules of gun safety. “Always check the chamber to insure whether there is a round there whenever you pick up and before you set down a firearm.” The means you will usually check the chamber twice every time you touch a firearm.


10 posted on 02/24/2015 7:56:18 AM PST by circlecity
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Chamber checking is one of my top rules.


11 posted on 02/24/2015 9:49:19 AM PST by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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The AK-15 machine glock holds 42 high capacity magazines and can shoot 60 assault calibers per second - Gun Control Reporter


12 posted on 02/24/2015 10:05:42 AM PST by Organic Panic
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Not to mention the forward assist shoulder goes up thingy.


13 posted on 02/24/2015 10:07:09 AM PST by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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