"Assault Weapon Ban a must"- C.C. Times Article

august_west · Apr 23, 2009

Alright my fellow MD Shooters- time for an educational and intelligent letter to the editor in response to this article. I opened the Carroll County Times and came across the title "Assault Weapon Ban A Must". Now this was in the opinion section by one of the columnists. Opinion is one thing, but this writer has some serious facts wrong.

He writes, "Despite what the president of the National Rifle Association says, the AK-47 is a fully automatic weapon."

What this guy doesn't realize is that my Ruger 10/22 would be banned by his arguments!

Read the article and let's get some positive and educational letters/e-mails to the paper...here is the link to the online version:

http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2009/04/23/news/opinion/opinion/opinion278.txt

K31 · Apr 23, 2009

Despite what the manufacturer says, the manual transmission in his Volvo is a fully automatic transmission.

Douche bag.

vette97 · Apr 23, 2009

I contacted him, let him know he made some errors and provided more accurate information. I also invited him to join me at Hap Baker some time if he was interested in target shooting. I did this because we need to reach out to the folks that don't understand and help them, not berate them.

sskijr · Apr 23, 2009

Don't they check their statements before they print them? If you're gonna make the argument for or against, at least make your case with the facts. "Assault Weapons" are already banned as far as I'm concerned. You can't buy a full auto anymore without a license.

Next they're gonna ban all sports cars, because "We don't need them". Ughhhh

alucard0822 · Apr 23, 2009

vette97 said:
I contacted him, let him know he made some errors and provided more accurate information. I also invited him to join me at Hap Baker some time if he was interested in target shooting. I did this because we need to reach out to the folks that don't understand and help them, not berate them.

oops, Sent an e-mail too, I hope he doesn't take offense to my insinuation that his parents are brother and sister :innocent0

august_west · Apr 23, 2009

vette97 said:
I contacted him, let him know he made some errors and provided more accurate information. I also invited him to join me at Hap Baker some time if he was interested in target shooting. I did this because we need to reach out to the folks that don't understand and help them, not berate them.

Good point Vette! Your right, even though its frusturating, even maddening to read articles like this, we do need to reach out to people and educate them and assure them what our shooting community is about. Who knows, maybe after shooting a few rounds the shooting "bug" might bite them!

I need to remember to actively educate, rather then become negatively defensive- thanks for the reminder! :thumbsup:

Bigdtc · Apr 23, 2009

Well done,Vette....

vette97 · Apr 23, 2009

NP. Thanks for posting this link, I would never have known it was out there as I don't keep up with local papers websites that often. :thumbsup:

august_west · Apr 23, 2009

vette97 said:
NP. Thanks for posting this link, I would never have known it was out there as I don't keep up with local papers websites that often.

You know, it was totally by chance. I don't read the paper that much these days since I'm already online. But I just happened to flip through and the headline hit me- and then I checked to see if it was available online. I thought- this is a job for... MD Shooters! (Mighty Mouse music plays) :lol:

vette97 · Apr 23, 2009

Adams74Chevy · Apr 23, 2009

Considering he says:

...the AK-47 is a fully automatic weapon. It has no legitimate hunting use. It is not the equivalent of the old bolt action military rifles I used in my pursuit of deer in Vermont and California, any more than an 18-wheeler is the equivalent of a pickup truck...

We limit the number of rounds carried in a duck gun to three, to protect the duck population. How about limiting the number of rounds in a shoulder-fired weapon to five or six? Are ducks more deserving of protection than people?

I have a feeling he's propably a bit of a Fuddish folk.

PresentArms · Apr 23, 2009

I didnt invite him, I just told him My AK,s are not fully automatic

Absolut_Nick · Apr 23, 2009

Kinda surprising coming from the CC Times. I don't think I've ever come across an article like that before.

Corn county is a changin

RobMoore · Apr 23, 2009

I also emailed him. Gave him the proper info, my credentials, and told him he could feel free to email me in the future if he wanted to write articles about guns, so that he wouldn't be giving out false information.

AKbythebay · Apr 23, 2009

K31 said:
Despite what the manufacturer says, the manual transmission in his Volvo is a fully automatic transmission.

Douche bag.

Despite what their record says, the Orioles won the World Series last year. :lol2:

thebullpupkid · Apr 23, 2009

He's not trying to spread his opinion, hes trying to generate ad revenue by printing an article to rile people up. Instead of contacting the writer, contact the editor and point out the glaring inaccuracies. If you must contact the writer, why dont you look up his address and send him a letter in the mail?

Mossyoak · Apr 23, 2009

I dont live in C.C. but agree with bullpup, If like my local paper there is a section where anyone can write a letter to the editor to be published. I beleive they only review them for content not inaccuracies. Someone living in C.C. should write a letter in response to this garbage stating the facts, invite anyone to join MD Shooters if they want to know the truth.

AliasNeo07 · Apr 23, 2009

vette97 said:
I contacted him, let him know he made some errors and provided more accurate information. I also invited him to join me at Hap Baker some time if he was interested in target shooting. I did this because we need to reach out to the folks that don't understand and help them, not berate them.

Thats exactly what people need to start doing. I sent him a very pleasant email calmly explaining how he was wrong, lol. Not in a condescending way, though.

He was in the military, and he thinks the AK47s everyone has here in america are full auto? Mmkay...

Rattlesnake46319 · Apr 23, 2009

The use of fully automatic weapons by the mentally deranged is also a clear and present danger. We limit the number of rounds carried in a duck gun to three, to protect the duck population. How about limiting the number of rounds in a shoulder-fired weapon to five or six? Are ducks more deserving of protection than people?

Yes, ducks are more deserving of protection than people. I'll stand by that statement until you show me an instance of a duck attack in a duck-free school zone, or a duck wiring up a guy's nuts to a car battery simply because the guy slept with the duck's wife.

Ducks are decent people and deserve protection!

Inigoes · Apr 23, 2009

Rattlesnake46319 said:
Yes, ducks are more deserving of protection than people. I'll stand by that statement until you show me an instance of a duck attack in a duck-free school zone, or a duck wiring up a guy's nuts to a car battery simply because the guy slept with the duck's wife.

Ducks are decent people and deserve protection!

AFLAC!

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