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What’s Wrong With This Picture?
This is why everyone in the media, who will often have to write about guns, ought to go to the range every once in a while: One was a .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol, and the other was a .22-caliber...
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Pro-Gun Bloggers Were What?
Apparently the New York Times says that “[p]ro-gun gun bloggers were furious” over the apperance smart gun in the movie Skyfall, and “were convinced it was a Hollywood plot to undermine their rights.”...
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A C183 Firearm? Or C183 Point-and-Shoot Camera?
The media, who know about as much about guns as a squirrel, are jumping all over the story about Adam Lanza having his own gun safe. Maybe he did, or maybe it was Nancy Lanza’s safe. Either way, a big...
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Media & Guns
Most folks who read this blog have have probably seen this “Journalist Guide to Firearms” graphic at some point: What amuses me about this is that we’ve highlighted when the Associated Press has tried...
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Media Coverage of the Doylestown Rally
There were quite a number of media roaming around the rally, so this naturally made me wonder how fair the media coverage would be. Only two news outlets have covered it, or at least put their stories...
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A Common Phrase in the Media
Say Uncle takes a look at the media treatment of negligent discharge cases. I see this one often: “Investigators said the gun owner won’t face charges because he has a carry permit.” I’ve always kind...
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Gun Control Groups Claim Credit for NRA Member Calls
The anti-gun leaders are just so eager! It’s naïvely cute, except for the press that just happily relates their claims of success without actually questioning anything they do. Take this NPR article...
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Fast Cars & Freedom*
I love markets. Markets generally tell us what people really want and how much they value something. For example, gun rights and fast cars. For those of you who aren’t NASCAR fans, NRA has sponsored a...
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The Media Didn’t Learn a Thing after Boston
You’d think after so much public derision over their terrible job reporting on the Boston bombing situation, the media would think it wise to step back and consider how they report on breaking events...
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Bias Much?
So a poll says that 54% of Arizonans are either happy with the state’s gun laws, or want the law to be less strict, and what was the headline read? “Poll: Most Arizonans want stricter gun laws.” This...
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Unexpected Shaming of Anti-Gun Groups
There’s a fine line between being seen or heard and shoving your politics so much in someone’s face that they get utterly turned off and it works against you. Make your voice heard doesn’t mean piss...
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Trying to Tie Chris Christie to the NRA
A few readers have sent me this story from the Philadelphia Inquirer, that I think needs some clearing up. Based on the task force’s report, Christie made anti-violence recommendations that gun control...
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The New York Times a Tool of the Brady Campaign
Sorry for the late start this morning. Insomnia can be a harsh mistress. Emily Miller notes that the New York Times is a tool of the Brady Campaign, with a leading story that drags up cases from the...
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Journalism Prof Misfires on NRA Speech Claims
It would seem that journalism professor Chris Swindell has forgotten the elementary lesson we all learned that one should be able to answer the 5 Ws when reporting a story. Sure, he asserted the Who,...
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Taking My Rights Won’t Bring Anyone Back
The Washington Post ran a story over the weekend lamenting that Sandy Hook didn’t change anything on guns, with this bit of grief porn. I don’t know how I’d react if I lost a kid, but I can be pretty...
View ArticleA Response from MSNBC
MSNBC has quoted us on an article, based on my Thursday post on the topic. This article was actually released Thursday night, but I have not honestly had time to link it until now. It’s actually a...
View ArticleScary Headlines vs. Not-So-Scary Facts
As gun owners, we’ve seen many cases where headlines and teasers for news stories involving firearms or perceived threats are played up in order to attract more eyeballs to a story or viewers to a...
View ArticleGun Magazine Sales Up
It looks like sales of magazines for firearms are on the rise. You might assume that I mean the firearms parts that go into guns, but it’s actually the paper product that lands in your mailbox or on...
View ArticleWhat Safety Rule?
Far be it for me to defend Bloomberg, but the only problem I can see here is that the slides aren’t locked back to indicate an empty chamber. But not all firearms have slides that lock back, so I...
View ArticleNow With “More Me”
In the mailbox this morning: Discover the IMPROVED INQUIRER! If you haven’t seen The Inquirer in a while, it’s time to look again. Because there’s a better Inquirer, and improved Inquirer, now with...
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