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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - The NSSF might have gone stupid on us....

Posted: 11/26/2004 6:15:02 PM EDT

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Posted: 11/26/2004 6:49:35 PM EDT

[#1]

Man...your letter was a LOT nicer than mine.

Michael

Posted: 11/26/2004 6:51:19 PM EDT

[#2]

Has anyone gotten feedback from NSSF yet?

Posted: 11/26/2004 6:51:49 PM EDT

[#3]

Bill Rugers legacy moves on.

Posted: 11/26/2004 6:55:55 PM EDT

[#4]

tagged

Posted: 11/29/2004 2:18:31 PM EDT

[#5]

Spoke with NSSF today and they told me that the article was not there stance and that while there guy might have been somewhat ignorant about calibers, he was mostly miss-quoted and his statements where taken out of context. They also e-mailed me there current “Bullet Points” which had this below…

NSSF supported the recent expiration of the so-called “assault weapon ban” in federal law by explaining to legislators, the media and the public that semi-automatic firearms resembling military-issue guns have long been widely used for target shooting and, where appropriate, for hunting. When the ammunition a gun shoots is suited for the game hunted, military-style semi-automatics are perfectly legal to hunt with under the laws of most states. Pennsylvania, as an exception, does not allow hunting with semi-automatic rifles of any sort, but most other states do. Many also provide for hunting with handguns as well as with shotguns.

The 7.62 X 39mm rifle reportedly involved in this incident shoots a thirty-caliber bullet that performs ballistically similar to the .30-30 deer hunting cartridge commonly used for about a hundred years in lever action guns. Among high-power ammunition, both the .30-30 and the 7.62 X 39 cartridges are capable of reliably taking deer-sized game at moderate distances up to 100-150 yards.
Reporter Steve Wideman in The Post-Crescent newspaper in Appleton, Wisconsin, reports SKS rifles like the one reportedly carried by the alleged murderer are commonly used by deer hunters in that part of the country.

So it looks like we are still going to SHOT Show next year afterall....

Posted: 11/29/2004 2:54:02 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Has anyone gotten feedback from NSSF yet?

Yup. I must have got him right before he sat down for turkey.

-----Original Message-----
From: Fletchette
Sent: Thu 11/25/2004 3:47 AM
To: Larry Keane <[email protected]>
Cc:
Subject: thanks

for selling us out.

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Keane's reply:

Has it occurred to you that the NY Times took my comments out of context, created quotes, and distorted its my comments to advance its own agenda? The reporter is well know for having an antigun agenda and to whom the Brady Center regularly feeds stories.

I never said SKS are "rare" I never said they're never used to hunt. I never said you couldn't use 7.62 to hunt deer. I never said it was inappropriate to hunt w/ a semiauto. I never said anything about it being designed for "combat soldier." I never said SKS was in humane to hunt deer with.

I said this guy wasn't a hunter, he was a nut. I said SKS were not among the most common deer hunting rifles - they aren't but that isn't the same as saying they are "rare" or never used. My discussion w/ the NY Times was in general terms -- he was asking about AK-47's, the interview got into a general discussion about so-called "black guns" and the sunsetting of the Assault Weapons Ban. The discussion about ethical hunting related to a question about what's wrong w/ shooting an animal lots of times. In the discussion about the sunsetting of the Assault Weapon Ban I suggested to him that the Bradys and VPC, etc falsely claimed, as did many in the media, that these so-called 'black guns' were "high powered" and I suggested to him that deer hunting rifles were more powerful.

I've done countless interviews w/ the print, radio, TV including 2x w/ 60 Minutes representing the interests of gun owners and the industry. Even Mickey Mantle made an error every once in awhile. I'm sorry I didn't do a better job. I've learned a valuable lesson about dealing with the NY Times. Tomorrow I'm going to Radio Shack and buying a tape recorder.

Enough said on the subject. I'm going back to the dinner table to spend time w/ my family on Thanksgiving. I hope you and your family have a Happy Thanksgiving.

Posted: 11/29/2004 3:32:05 PM EDT

[#7]

I figured those rat bastards in the media distorted his comments.

I got that feeling soon after I posted them.

Posted: 11/29/2004 3:40:36 PM EDT

[#8]

He should have been smarter than giving them any statement. of course his statements were taken out of context. that's what politicians and reporters do, even the ones on our side do it.

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