Professor offended by firearm dealer ad in paper

[mljdeckard]

"You're a mean one, Mister Grinch!! You really are a heel, you're as cuddly as a cactus, as charming as an eel,......"

 

[MakAttak]

... Mr. Griiiiiinch! You're a bad banana With a.... greasy black peel!!!!

 

[BobbyQuickdraw]

I always like how they are like 'over half of America homes are gun free' like it means something. Half of American homes still use dial up internet and over 30% of homes don't have cable television. Does that mean we don't like the internet or tv? No, its just a number. Its just a choice.

And the "industrialized" nations thing. HA! First of all, I'm sure most of us here keep up on our reading and know that the violent crime rate in America is low, the accidental death of children under 17 to firearms is lower than sandboxes, etc etc. But lets also not forget that "industrialized" has no strict definition and can be fitted to many countries, but of the 180+ countries on Earth, the numerical majority would be "un-industrialized" or "less industrialized" by even the loosest interpretation.

And lets not forget "industrialized" China where there firearm deaths aren't accidents, but government executions. Or some of the "industrialized" Middle Eastern Nations such as Saudi Arabia, where the firearm deaths aren't counted and the government prefers beheadings anyways.

I personally would love a gun or 7 for Christmas this year.

 

[siglite]

Did anyone read the comments for this article? Some of the pro-gun posts are so tasteless and idiotic, I wonder if they're not plants by antis.

 

[Mainsail]

Quote:
such guns are not illegal. And the Second Amendment grants Americans the right to bear arms — and not just as a militia to protect the nation's freedom.

Yep. That's correct, Professor. Its a right of the people.

No, wrong wrong wrong. The constitution does not grant rights.

 

[Bartholomew Roberts]

Certainly Americans don't need a gun in every stocking when, according to the Centers for Disease control, homicide and suicide are the leading causes of teen deaths, with 80 percent of these deaths resulting from guns.

A) How many of those "teens" are criminals engaged in a violent criminal enterprise from the homicide figures?

B) I don't have time to consult the CDC; but I bet that "homicide and suicide" (two different types of death categories combined into a single super-category to make it more impressive) are not the single leading cause of death. I would bet vehicular accidents lead that category by quite a bit.

C) Any way you slice it, teens in a first-world economy with access to excellent health care rarely drop dead from traditional causes of death, so by definition homicide and suicide are going to be more prevalent in the "teen" category than in the rest of the age groups.

 

[Crunker1337]

I don't think he was being intolerant, he did say that guns can be used for good and are not just for a State militia. He's just saying that it may not be wise to advertise them when gangbangers too read the newspaper.

 

[Standing Wolf]

Frank Harris III is chairman of the journalism department at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven.

He's busy training future "journalists" in shameless anti-Second Amendment bigotry.

 

[BobbyQuickdraw]

The Constitution affirms rights. But common usage of "grants rights" is... Well... Common. And we know what people are saying by it, or at least I hope most do.

Though I guess it doesn't hurt to point that fact out once in awhile.

 

[stubbicatt]

Man, I wish things were different. But the reason I carry CCW, and went through all that crap to get it, is because a cop is too heavy to carry and won't fit in my holster. Lord how I wish someone else, stronger, smarter, and better equipped were in my back pocket to protect me. But that isn't the case. And it isn't going to happen barring a stroke of exceptional good luck.

So I carry.

Even a 16 minute response time for the cops is enough for my body to cool a couple of degrees on a cold winter day before they arrive.

This professor is not unlike me in that he wishes it were different.

 

[Fake Name]

For such an "educated" guy - he doesent seem so smart.

He should read up on US history. Maybe even some European history.

Just more typical anti nonsense here in CT.

 

[Gordon Fink]

So he doesn’t like firearms advertisements? Well, I don’t like advertising in general, gun ads included. So much of it is insipid and insulting.

But guess what? Putting up with offensive advertising is part and parcel of living in our marginally free society. Thanks be to the Founders!

~G. Fink

 

[Shootist1]

It's "ad"...not "add." "Add" is what you do in math. "Ad" is short for "advertisement."

If you're going to write to a journalism professor, and you think your calm, reasoned argument is going to have any weight with him, you'd better make sure all your commas, quotation marks, and spelling are absolutely perfect, or the only effect you will have on his opinion is a reinforcement of what he probably already thinks about gun enthusiasts.

 

[canopy2k]

Does anyone else doubt the 42% of US homes contain firearms figure?

I guaran-darn-tee you that if somebody called me on the phone, said they were doing a survey, and asked if I had guns- The answer would be NO. I have NO guns.

I would surmise that people would answer in a similar fashion if someone called and asked if they kept stacks of cash on their dressers, whether they did or not....

c2k

 

[nate392]

Shootist1, Thanks, but I wrote it up quick and as you will notice I put "proposed version". I was aiming at the ideas first before sending out the grammatically correct version. Before correcting ones grammar, maybe one should check there run-on sentence replies as well.

canopy2k, I doubt the 42% figure is correct. You notice how the first thing he said was, "that is more than half that are not armed". Well at least we know whose firearm glass is half empty huh?

 

[25ACP]

I'm getting my friends' stepson a break-action single shot 20 gauge for christmas this year, That's definately gonna' be one heavy stocking for sure.

No, wrong wrong wrong. The constitution does not grant rights

Agreed, it acknowledges, preserves, and protects rights which it assumes to be inherent and inalienable.

 

[mesomorphcujo]

"I was stunned to see the gun advertisement on the back cover of an insert in a New Haven newspaper"

Well, I'm Stunned also. The ad should have been on the front cover. They'll have to correct that next time.

 

[grimjaw]

I'm usually offended by advertising in general. Tell the professor to get in line.

jm

 

[jaholder1971]

YAWN

Some Journalism prof playing around at Sociology. That's new (NOT).

Someone needs to get him some new antigun material, this stuff's all played out.

 

[Doggy Daddy]

So, the good professor doesn't think guns are an appropriate gift for the Christmas holidays, huh?

Reconcile that with Christ saying this:

Luke 22:36
Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.

 

[Cmdr. Gravez0r]

Come on people, he's a professor of JOURNALISM. He hasn't had an original or intelligent thought in his head since his senior year of high school.

At the risk of being nice to an Anti (/sarcasm)...let's keep it high road, folks.

 

[Just Jim]

Seminole

No, JJ--it doesn't prove your contention in the other thread, which was a bigoted generalization. Perhaps if you could restrain your comments to the individual under discussion here you could avoid such egregiously fallacious leaps of logic.

Could you please use your superior logic and tell us all who is teaching that guns are bad You guys that have to name call have allready lost the credibility you may have had with some sort of clear argument on the topic.

It should be obviouse that it isn't the NRA that is teaching our kids to hate guns. It is also obviouse that it has to be a professor so maybe you might reconsider that what I say is a generalization. The simple truth that educators are the ones who educate against guns is so simple that if you fail to understand it then I doubt you have the comprehension to understand what you have just read.

Merry Christmas

jj

 

[ROMAK IV]

I haven't read anythng so stupid in quite awhile. What this "person" (and I use the term optimistically) is usuing his "standing" as a professor to tell the local yokels what to think. I am sure I am going to the bad part of town to sell guns to criminals... deosn't sound very healthy profession to me does it? The first time the bad guy uses the gun and is caught, the gun is going to be traced straight back to me, Wouldn't it? I don't write editorials citing the obvious lack of intellect of Jounalism professors, do I?

 

[Just Jim]

Kinda had a feeling I wasn't going to get an answer

jj

 

[jakeswensonmt]

For such an "educated" guy - he doesent seem so smart.

He actually seems pretty smart to me, and I think if he got his information from anywhere else besides mainstream media blather he might even become one of us.

I think if he spent some time in London to find out what a gun-ban culture is really like, he would change his tune fast.