November 6, 2013
So, the internet began blowing up, again, with cries of betrayal and boycott.
It seems that yet another gun writer has weighed in with his considerable wealth of knowledge, years of experience and expertise to help those less knowledgeable better understand the constitution's second amendment.
Previously it was hunting expert Jim Zumbo who set us all straight on the AR-15, the modern sporting rifle...the black gun.
Now it's gun expert Dick Metcalf whose recent Backstop column in the December issue of Guns & Ammo helps us understand that the second amendment was intended to be heavily regulated, and that onerous regulations are not infringements.
Instead they simply reflect the wishes of the founding fathers.
Oddly enough this pro-regulation stance hasn't been a hit with readers, and instead of accepting the position of one of Intermedia Outdoors' - the publisher of Guns & Ammo - most respected contributors, they've taken a decidedly different position as evidenced by these few examples of comments left online in the many blogs and forums covering this story.
The story here is that a long-term, highly respected gun writer has made statements to the effect that gun owners should accept draconian firearms-confiscation laws without protest.
Dick Metcalf? I've been reading his 'stuff' for a lifetime, and I have never had a whiff of "confiscatory laws" in what he had to say before. Mostly, he talked about hunting. Not a whole bunch about politics.
Now. has he had joined the Bad Boys who talk about how you and I should not contend against the Feds (eg: Obama) proposed confiscatory anti-gun legislation?
I don't know.
I haven't read the article. I don't subscribe to the magazine. I don't know what Metcalf said.
I'm just putting this out her to make people aware of the controversy. I'm not saying ANYTHING about Dick Metcalf, or his political bent.
You ought to know that this is an issue, and you ought to look it up (read the magazine!) and decide for yourself.
That is, if you care at all about the supposed issue. Which may not be an issue at all, except that Shooting Times thinks it is.
Geez!
Sometimes I think the "why can't we all just get along?" thingie is perhaps ... if inadvertently .. the most wisdom we can expect in our modern age.
This is one of those days when I wonder why I have lived this long, that I should be inundated by so much crap.
3 comments:
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Jim Shepard at the "Shooting Wire" gave Metcalf a chance to reply. Metcalf petty much stood his ground in the reply. Sad. I had respect for Metcalf before this.
There's only one reason why a forever gun writer and shooting advocate would flip-flop like that: MONEY, das gelt, moolah, filthy lucre.
Metcalf was bought off. Who has the money, the motivation and the network to do that? Two men. Soros or Bloomberg.
Any bets?
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