Gun Liars

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The prollem with never being challenged  by an obedient press is that, if it happens, you don't have the skill to do anything but call Fox News "an arm of the Republican Party."   Similarly, the prollem with getting away with "making science," is you no longer have appreciation for truth, let alone the moral character to stab at it.  It's pervasive, and on the subject of gun rights,  the rule.  The Freeholder wields  the scalpel: There is much in the typing (sorry, but I can't bring myself to call it "writing"), but the number of cherry-picked facts and outright lies (sorry, but I can't bring myself to call them "inaccuracies") is astounding. As many as there is, this one is my favorite: But Time magazine tells us: Each month American Rifleman, the journal of the National Rifle Association, features about a dozen such accounts of armed citizens defending themselves against criminals. Based on newspaper clippings submitted by N.R.A. members, the stories dramatically show how a gun can sometimes prevent a crime and perhaps even save a victim's life. The only trouble is that is from Time, August, 1989 The NRA's American Rifleman Magazine doesn't feature that news anymore, there isn't any listing of guns saving anyone's life on their website, just a lot of ads for weapons and accessories. Now, I just happen to have, here on the desk, the December 2009 issue of American Rifleman [continued good stuff] ” via  my mam Tam