Author Topic: Another Disaster Reporter has a Rod Serling Moment (Read 4155 times)

Shuckins · « **on:** September 10, 2005, 05:10:42 PM »

This just happened on FOX news.

Reporter was asking a firearms dealer the following question:

"WHY are gun sales among Gulf Coast and New Orleans residents skyrocketing?"

I would have thought the answer was painfully obvious.

VOR · « **Reply #1 on:** September 10, 2005, 05:31:41 PM »

The criminal element sees a golden opportunity to commit nefarious acts in the wake of the lawlessness and destruction, so naturally they're down at the gun shops stocking up.

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 10, 2005, 05:55:08 PM »

I forget which side you're on VOR, so I'll just say this.

The criminal element wouldn't be able to purchase guns legally. So from this piece of information, we can logically deduce that it's not criminals buying guns.

Raider179 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 10, 2005, 06:56:00 PM »

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Originally posted by lasersailor184
I forget which side you're on VOR, so I'll just say this.

The criminal element wouldn't be able to purchase guns legally. So from this piece of information, we can logically deduce that it's not criminals buying guns.

How did you deduce that??? Not all criminals are felons or would be unable to purchase guns. Yeah we all know criminals don't buy guns

Shuckins · « **Reply #4 on:** September 10, 2005, 07:01:12 PM »

Raider, the focus of that segment was about average citizens rushing to buy weapons.

dmf · « **Reply #5 on:** September 10, 2005, 07:02:52 PM »

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Originally posted by lasersailor184
I forget which side you're on VOR, so I'll just say this.

The criminal element wouldn't be able to purchase guns legally. So from this piece of information, we can logically deduce that it's not criminals buying guns.

uhhhh......... you've never seen people buying a guns and reselling them to people that can't leagaly own one have you?

VOR · « **Reply #6 on:** September 10, 2005, 07:33:45 PM »

Shuckins, on a serious note it should indeed be painfully obvious.

I also heard one of the talking heads ask an on-scene reporter this morning if the scene there was "shocking" and "devastating".

Sometimes I can't help but think Don Henley had it right.

rabbidrabbit · « **Reply #7 on:** September 10, 2005, 07:52:44 PM »

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Originally posted by dmf
uhhhh......... you've never seen people buying a guns and reselling them to people that can't leagaly own one have you?

So your saying you see this? Don't imagine you report it do you?

Straw purchasing is a bad idea since the gun can be traced back to the original purchaser.

BTW · « **Reply #8 on:** September 10, 2005, 08:41:13 PM »

Well in the neighborhood I live in, most folks have 5 or 6 fire arms. So no one had to go out and buy any. I lent out a few as did others. My neighborhood was a very bad environment for looters and it seems the word spread as there are no deaths so far.

Jackal1 · « **Reply #9 on:** September 10, 2005, 08:45:56 PM »

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Originally posted by Raider179
Not all criminals are felons or would be unable to purchase guns. Yeah we all know criminals don't buy guns

Someone without a criminal record probably would be more considered a wannabe Jesse James.
A career criminal that purchased a gun through legal channels would be known simply as Stupid.

dmf · « **Reply #10 on:** September 10, 2005, 08:47:35 PM »

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Originally posted by rabbidrabbit
So your saying you see this? Don't imagine you report it do you?

Straw purchasing is a bad idea since the gun can be traced back to the original purchaser.

I don't have to report it, it was on the news a couple of months ago, illeagle gun dealers come here from other parts of the east coast because its easier to get guns here in Virginia.
Oh and also, if the gun dealer reports a gun stolen, then its not tracked back to the man he sold it to.

rabbidrabbit · « **Reply #11 on:** September 10, 2005, 09:06:26 PM »

Right,

So he reports hundreds of guns being stolen on a weekly basis, reporting the make and serial numbers in the process. Then, those guns all turn up as crime guns. Ya, that won't cause any suspicion...

Ghosth · « **Reply #12 on:** September 11, 2005, 07:48:40 AM »

In my younger days there was a big grass fire out in the swamp. We worked till 3:00 to put it out. No glory, no media, just do what you got to do.

Next morning we drive back out there.

Someone had lit a small backfire burning in the short grass along the hiway.

There was a cameraman on his belly, almost getting his hair singed so he could get this impressive shot of the flames.

Those flames were never over 5 " tall, but that night on the news they looked 15' tall.

Moral of the story you may ask?

A: Never believe anything the media says that you can not verify independantly.

B Never believe what they show you, cause chances are its blown WAY beyond proportion. (like that fire was)

C They are always going to show you the worst they can find. And they are going to present it in the worst possible light.

lazs2 · « **Reply #13 on:** September 11, 2005, 09:21:55 AM »

reporters are all pretty much liberal no world experiance weeinies... Them giving people interviews is like raider talking about the gun culture.

An American reporter interviewed a finn who fought in WWII..

He asked the finn if he had fought much.. the finn said "yes, a lot"

The reporter asked if he had shot at other men "yes, often"

The reporter asked if that was hard for him to do.

"yes, they tend to duck and hide and run in a zig zag pattern."

lazs

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #14 on:** September 11, 2005, 10:17:26 AM »

HAHA!