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April 15, 2009
Pirate Snipers Get Guns Good Press
I'm not the kind of person who arbitrarily assumes every "mainstream" publication and media outlet out there has an overt anti-gun bias. But it can't be denied that when it comes to covering firearms, shooting, or hunting a positive (or even correct) spin is pretty much out of the question. Generally the absolute best we can hope for is to be treated with the reluctant impartiality usually reserved for, say, public figures charged but not yet convicted.
But when a great story involves firearms that can't be portrayed in anything other than a positive light, well, they just have to hold their noses and roll with it.
Which is why I saw this story in - of all places - Slate.
From the story:
Navy snipers killed three Somali pirates who had been holding an American hostage in an 18-foot lifeboat on Sunday. The SEALs fired from a Navy destroyer 100 feet from the pirates. Can a sniper reliably hit a human target on a small boat bobbing on the ocean, or were they taking a chance with the hostage's life? If the pirates' heads were fully exposed, it would have been an easy shot. A sniper rifle is accurate to within a "minute of angle," provided the shooter can keep his or her target in the crosshairs. That means that a good marksman can reliably hit a 1-inch target at 300 feet and reliably kill someone at 3,000 feet. The bobbing of the lifeboat would have been a factor, but snipers regularly shoot at moving targets from moving vehicles. (Advanced Navy SEAL training includes target practice from helicopters.)
Yes, that's right. Slate, generally considered a "lefty-ish" publication, just published a story that - without a hint of tortured handwringing - explains the mechanics of shooting bad guys.
If anyone's going to hell today, would you bring back a sno-cone for me? --Chad Love
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Comments (14)
C'mon Chad, hell didn't freeze over today. The libs don't mind guns too much (as long as the are in the hands of law enforcement or the armed services).
They (the libs) just don't want Joe/Jane average citizen to own them.
Jim
That column appears to be from "The Explainer", a regular column on Slate. Whether you feel Slate has an overall bias or not, I highly recommend that column; it's really well written and answers all sorts of topical questions with well researched data.
Jim - You nailed it.
Guns are for police and military, not the rabble like us..we will only get into trouble with them.
Any time the media talks about guns in a positive light I think its a plus. Too bad they didn't do more stories on 'average citizens' who use firearms to defend themselves and their families almost every day.
Yep, guns are good today and they'll be back at trying to close down gun shows and overturn the assault weapons ban tomorrow.If gun owners are the rotten scumbags of the earth according to the anti's then I'm proud to be a rotten scumbag of the earth right along with my fellow rotten scumbags of the earth.
Walt, if they get to you first save me a spot.
jbird, they don't want to show the armed citizen in a positive light, it wouldn't look good for them.
According to Rush Limbaugh and others, this is all a crime and a tragedy. I watched a clip of him criticizing the fact that 3 "kids" were killed, and Obama essentially killed them. Of course, if he didn't order the shots, he would be painted as weak and slow to react. Are these people insane? No sh!t we killed them! They were pirates holding a man at gunpoint. Who wouldn't fire on those bastards? These aren't some innocent kids. They are maritime terrorists, and they all deserved the bullet. Criticizing this action is the most unbelievably sick, stupid thing I've ever heard.
they saved a mans life wouldent you be happy that he is alive? the navy seals snipers are trained to shoot bad guys and that is what they did and they didn't hurt the hotige so nothing bad happened so what is every one mad about.
Shane,
Wow. I just found the transcript from the conversation. According to Rush, these were just three innocent teenagers that didn't know any better and wanted to go home. Unbelievable...
It's called sarcasm, geniuses. Rush was saying the media would have depicted it as the slaughter of innocent teenagers if Bush was still president. He then sarcastically took that position against Obama to prove how ridiculous it is. Maybe that didn't come through in the transcript...
Listen to him say "3 teenagers, shot on the order of President Obama."
I don't care who ordered it. These pirates needed to be shot. Period. This guy is on drugs. No really. He is.
GOD BLESS THE S.E.A.L.s and the others out ther protecting us from "the enemys at the gate".
Wow, thats a first. One thing that amazed me with this story however is how they were able to aim accurately even with the bobbing going on. I just think that would be a factor that would get in the way....I think it is pretty safe to say that, those pirates were not expecting that. Shows what happens when you mess with the United States.
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C'mon Chad, hell didn't freeze over today. The libs don't mind guns too much (as long as the are in the hands of law enforcement or the armed services).
They (the libs) just don't want Joe/Jane average citizen to own them.
Jim
That column appears to be from "The Explainer", a regular column on Slate. Whether you feel Slate has an overall bias or not, I highly recommend that column; it's really well written and answers all sorts of topical questions with well researched data.
According to Rush Limbaugh and others, this is all a crime and a tragedy. I watched a clip of him criticizing the fact that 3 "kids" were killed, and Obama essentially killed them. Of course, if he didn't order the shots, he would be painted as weak and slow to react. Are these people insane? No sh!t we killed them! They were pirates holding a man at gunpoint. Who wouldn't fire on those bastards? These aren't some innocent kids. They are maritime terrorists, and they all deserved the bullet. Criticizing this action is the most unbelievably sick, stupid thing I've ever heard.
they saved a mans life wouldent you be happy that he is alive? the navy seals snipers are trained to shoot bad guys and that is what they did and they didn't hurt the hotige so nothing bad happened so what is every one mad about.
It's called sarcasm, geniuses. Rush was saying the media would have depicted it as the slaughter of innocent teenagers if Bush was still president. He then sarcastically took that position against Obama to prove how ridiculous it is. Maybe that didn't come through in the transcript...
Listen to him say "3 teenagers, shot on the order of President Obama."
I don't care who ordered it. These pirates needed to be shot. Period. This guy is on drugs. No really. He is.
GOD BLESS THE S.E.A.L.s and the others out ther protecting us from "the enemys at the gate".
Jim - You nailed it.
Guns are for police and military, not the rabble like us..we will only get into trouble with them.
Any time the media talks about guns in a positive light I think its a plus. Too bad they didn't do more stories on 'average citizens' who use firearms to defend themselves and their families almost every day.
Yep, guns are good today and they'll be back at trying to close down gun shows and overturn the assault weapons ban tomorrow.If gun owners are the rotten scumbags of the earth according to the anti's then I'm proud to be a rotten scumbag of the earth right along with my fellow rotten scumbags of the earth.
Walt, if they get to you first save me a spot.
jbird, they don't want to show the armed citizen in a positive light, it wouldn't look good for them.
Shane,
Wow. I just found the transcript from the conversation. According to Rush, these were just three innocent teenagers that didn't know any better and wanted to go home. Unbelievable...
Wow, thats a first. One thing that amazed me with this story however is how they were able to aim accurately even with the bobbing going on. I just think that would be a factor that would get in the way....I think it is pretty safe to say that, those pirates were not expecting that. Shows what happens when you mess with the United States.
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