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A Denver Post Writer at the Fort Morgan Machine Gun Shoot
May 17, 2008 | Tagged Culture War, machine guns, Media Bias, Second Amendment | 2 Comments
Our first clue that family film critic Michael Booth was a bit out of his element when he attended the Fort Morgan Machine Gun Shoot was when he referred to a magazine as a clip. (A magazine has a spring-driven follower that feeds rounds into a weapon. A clip is a device that holds rounds together for insertion into a weapon or magazine.) In his story, “These shows are a blast,” which appeared on 05-13-08 on Page D1 of the Denver Post, Mr. Booth seems to act like a super-sophisticated anthropologist dropped into a primitive society.
“Otherwise well-adjusted women blast away at an orange stick of dynamite…” How does he know they are well-adjusted? This shooting thing could mask all sorts of mental problems and social deviation.
Our intrepid anthropologist comments that almost anyone who can qualify to own a gun, pay the $200 tax, and fill out the paperwork can make money by charging to let others shoot his or her firearm. What Mr. Booth doesn’t mention is that government restrictions limit the number of machine guns available to the public, and that they are consequently VERY expensive weapons.
Mr. Booth appears amazed that someone would actually spend money for a unique shooting experience. You can almost hear him whispering into his tiny tape recorder, “Burritos. These people eat burritos!”
Mr. Booth also seems astounded that the weapons at the shoot are actually legal, and that many of the patrons of the charitable event are current or retired law enforcement personnel. If he had asked around, he would have found many military veterans, as well.
Hope the kids mentioned in the article don’t get thrown out of school for violating “zero tolerance” policies. I pray that they will have the good sense not to mention their experience to their classmates. Whoops! Not politically correct!
Reading the article gives one the impression that Mr. Booth thinks that money spent on ammunition could be better used by the government for prison weight rooms and midnight basketball programs. If liberals could just figure out a way to get that cash, they could use it to make a much better society. Maybe more fees, higher taxes, eh?
The shoot’s sponsors might have gotten a less patronizing story, if they had labeled the event as street theater. Yeah! That’s it. It’s a symbolic protest against the military-industrial complex. The target junk car bodies represent global warming, or climate change, or whatever the cause du jour is at the salons. Should get rave reviews with that kind of promotion.
On the plus side, nobody got shot, no babies were sacrificed, and no virgins appear to have been blown up as offerings to the angry gods that drive these strange (bitter?) people to shoot guns. There was the issue of filthy lucre being exchanged for the experience of shooting historical weapons, many of which were instrumental in maintaining the freedom of the press enjoyed by Mr. Booth. Hey! No harm, no foul. A good time was had by all, even those “otherwise well-adjusted women.”
Def Mech
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