March 10, 2011
Well, I Suppose That's Progress...
Just for fun, check out the March 10 edition of the New York Times online (here). they have an article on gun control and they actually linked to my article from yesterday regarding Mr. Obama's gun control record (it's in the center section, near the top, under Confederate Yankee).
The best part is the photo they chose to illustrate their lead story. It's two crossed handguns: A stainless steel, short-barreled .38 revolver and a Nambu! That's right, an issue WWII Japanese handgun of questionable quality and reliability. Thanks, and bless their little pointed heads for the link--at least they're trying--but using a Nambu in a contemporary firearm story is rather like using a line drawing of a whalebone corset to illustrate a Victoria's Secret catalog.
Wasn't the Nambu just a dangerous to the one firing the weapon?
Posted by: david at March 10, 2011 03:31 PM"And, gun control advocates say, Mr. Obama has failed to deliver on campaign promises to close a loophole that allows unlicensed dealers at gun shows to sell firearms without background checks..."
Very nice article, with only one Hmmm. Aren't "unlicensed dealers" more properly called "people"? Because the attempt to "close the loophole" is in actuality a move by the Federal Government to regulate the sale of guns between ordinary people, by disguising it with the "loophole" strawman arguement.
Posted by: Georg Felis at March 10, 2011 06:12 PM
