A gun owner’s very thoughtful critique and invitation
I seem to have opened a real can of worms with Wednesday’s post about my trip to the gun show. Some readers have really liked it. I’m glad, because I legitimately had fun at the gun show, met some great people, and had fun writing the piece.
Admittedly, I also enjoyed making fun of many of the people there. Which is probably why one reader questioned my reporting abilities, and another, on Reddit.com, called me an ******* and compared me to a ring wraith from Lord of the Rings.
Fair enough. I never claimed my account was anything other than purely subjective. Being that I can, indeed, be an *******, that’s bound to come through once and a while.
But a reader and gun-owner who goes by “techres” really astounded me with his grace, tact and thoughtfulness. His points were fair and humbling, without once being insulting. Despite our disagreements — some of which, I’m sure, may forever persist — he attempted to build a bridge. Which, honestly, is more than I did in my piece, even though I still stand by it.
Because I can, I’m reprinting it here, in full. For the record, I fully intend to take him up on his invitation.
Now, if only we could all talk about health care in such a reasoned manner:
Has anyone else seen the update yet?
Here you go:
Austin Considine - American Crossroads - True/Slant
Wow. The commenters were none too kind to techres. Not too surprising that they appear to be guilty of the same things that they accuse us of. Here's a guy who's trying to reach out to the "anti" camp and the anti camp has nothing but bile for him.
All this discourse is great, but I just can't get over: "... the smooth, easy spin of a revolver carousel — so satisfying and frightening at once...."
You just got to love that revolver carousel.