"Funny" Gun Picture in My School Paper

[hobgob]

I am working on a letter to Don Steeples, the official interviewed in this article. To me, his comments were extremely disturbing, ask mr steeples if he wants to leave his family to a 1 and 1000 chance of being robbed or worse in a home invasion!

 

[Scratchy]

People pay to go to school there?

 

[eventer289]

People pay to go to school there?

KU is a fine school. I am happy with the eductation I am receiving. This article is not representative of the whole

 

[Jimmy Dean]

With response to the actual article, the author did not put her own opinion in there, but it does seem that she may have written it to make this Steeples fellow look like a dumb@ss.

 

[KD5NRH]

ask mr steeples if he wants to leave his family to a 1 and 1000 chance of being robbed or worse in a home invasion!

1 in 1,000 per year. 1 in 100 per ten years, or 1 in 20 per 50 years.

Heck, 1 in 250 just in the average full-time undergrad timespan.

 

[doc2rn]

I wrote the paper the subsequent article took the bullets and extra trigger out, but left the photoshopped gun reversed. I feel for the kid, he wanted to elicit fear instead he got the fury of the public. I dont think we will hear from him on anything more than Mrs Betty scraped her knee after tripping in a pothole crossing Iowa Blvd. for quite some time.

 

[SlipperyShooter]

Reminds me of this......

This woman claimed these "bullets" hit her house. My response was "only if someone THREW them at her house."

 

[Conqueror]

“Maybe it is because I am naive and I don’t think it will ever happen here,” Lierz said. “Well, I hope and pray it won’t happen.”

Hopes and prayers work a lot less often than shooting a bad guy in the head, Ms. Lierz.

 

[jsconnelly]

The photoshop genius is: Kevin Grunwald

http://www.kansan.com/staff/kevin_grunwald/

 

[NG VI]

I am LFMAOROFL over the administrator's statement that out of one thousand state schools, last year there were only 3 major shootings, which somehow puts KU's chance of having a major school shooting this year at 1 in 1 thousand. is it just me or should this guy not have a job running an center of higher education?

 

[highorder]

I just sent Kevin a short and respectful message with a few questions concerning his motovation, and information sources. I wonder if he will reply.

 

[highorder]

ask questions, get answers

read it and feel free to comment:

my message to him-

Kevin,

I happend to see your Photoshop of a 1911 pistol, and I must ask why, among
other things, did you add an extra trigger? Did you not realize that the
curved item in the trigger guard is the trigger? I am easily willing to
overlook the mirror image for pagemaking concerns, but you must know that
only projectiles leave the muzzle of a firearm, not the entire loaded
cartridge, right?

In short, what was the motovation for the work that was done here?

thanks in advance for your reply,

~wondering

his reply-

Dear Wondering,

Yes, in fact, I was aware that a shell casing does not accompany a
bullet when fired. The sheer difficulty of finding photos of a bullet in
air prevented me from going any further with the flying bullets. I thought
the dropping shell casings would illustrate the firing process adequately.
As for the dual-triggers, I saw that the photo of the gun I pulled
had the push button trigger, but it still looked empty to me. I thought
there was too much space in between the trigger guard and the push button
trigger. Just in the effort to ensure readers could identify the trigger, I
decided to add one. I now realize at this point I should have just replaced
the photo I was using with a new gun, one with a clearly identifiable
trigger.
Thanks for taking the time to let me know, in a thoughtful manner,
your opinion on the matter. I appreciate your continued interest,
especially in something that printed nearly two weeks ago. I'm thrilled you
e-mailed and I'm happy you care enough about The Kansan to want to create a
discourse about the news front. Thank you for your email.

Take care,
Kevin Grunwald
Design Chief
The University Daily Kansan

My roomate heard from a guy he knows on the newspaper staff that the picture was placed there without consulting the appropriate people and was "fired."

He still appears to be employed.

 

[Master Blaster]

Its a doubleset machinegun assault pistol, with a baby killing lever.

They should have a picture of the liberal social worker murderer instead.
Its obviously proof that guns cause crime by exerting an unatural influence on even good people.

 

[Master Blaster]

Its a doubleset machinegun assault pistol, with a baby killing lever. You crush the babys head between the two levers while sprayfiring from the hip.

They should have a picture of the liberal social worker murderer instead.
Its obviously proof that guns cause crime by exerting an unatural influence on even good people.

 

[Master Blaster]

Its a doubleset machinegun assault pistol, with a baby killing lever. You crush the babys head between the two levers while sprayfiring from the hip. Those are explosive armor piercing cop killer bullets shooting out.

They should have a picture of the liberal social worker murderer instead.
Its obviously proof that guns cause crime by exerting an unatural influence on even good people.

 

[3jaw]

Push button trigger?????????????

 

[yhtomit]

I bet the trigger got added because the artiste thought that the original image was "missing" the trigger. I know that 1911 triggers looked weird to me at first, because I think of a trigger as looking ... well, more like the one that was added in this image

I don't think this would have happened at The Daily Texan

timothy

 

[highorder]

I saw that the photo of the gun I pulled
had the push button trigger, but it still looked empty to me. I thought
there was too much space in between the trigger guard and the push button
trigger. Just in the effort to ensure readers could identify the trigger, I
decided to add one.

I agree with him when he said he should have used another picture. I also respect the guy for responding to my email in mere hours in a forthcomming, honest manner. The more I think about it, the more I understand his referring to the 1911 trigger as a "push button" trigger; it is a linear pull, as opposed to a trigger that moves in an arc. I also understand that people make mistakes. This guys mistake didn't directly harm anyone, and gave some of us a laugh.

 

[CountGlockula]

Oh my gosh reading that reply was a mistake in it's own.

Can you please give him the definition of false reporting? Or twisting the truth in pictures? Contact his supervisors.

This is a serious issue. For a well known university to misinform its students is a major crime!

 

[dirtyjim]

Dude, a 1911 with a set trigger! Bet that thing rocks in competition!

thats what i was thinking.
well i have seen a german target revolver with double set triggers

 

[ducktape944]

I am surprised they didn't add a shoulder thing that goes up.

 

[BlazingAngel01]

I am surprised they didn't add a shoulder thing that goes up.

Good call, one more false add.

 

[kungfuhippie]

When he said "pushbutton trigger" I think he meant the magazine release. See you thread your finger through the trigger guard and push the button on the other side of the grip.
ROTFLMAO
I bet he adds tailpipes to photos of electric cars so that readers know what they are looking at too