Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Oct 18, 2013, at 1:35 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Easily the worst thing I've ever read on the the LUG the whole time I've > been here. > > > On 10/18/13 3:54 PM, "Lawrence R. Zeitlin" <LRZeitlin at aol.com> wrote: > >> Don't over react to guns. They are common in rural America. There are >> far more guns in the US than there are Leicas, Nikon, Canons, and all >> other fine cameras combined. The gun culture is alive and well not only >> in the south but in the North West, the mid-Atlantic states and in New >> England. The next time you take a drive on a cross country highway stop >> in at a Cabella's or a Bass Pro sporting goods store. You will see >> enough guns on display to arm a regiment and enough ammunition to stock >> a medium sized rebellion. Schools are even closed during deer hunting >> season in much of Pennsylvania. too sad... I guess this may minimize the children's chance of being hit by a stray bullet. s >> A successful hunt is the key to a well >> fed holiday season. New York City even hosted the Bannerman warehouse >> until it moved up the Hudson to Pollopel Island. Bannerman and family >> were merchants who bought up most of the military surplus from the >> Civil War, the Spanish-American war and WW I. Most of the world's >> rebellions until the outbreak of WW 2 used Bannerman supplied weapons. >> My father even had a Sears Roebuck sized catalog of Bannerman's arms >> available for resale. >> >> When I was a boy the country was much less urban than it is now. In >> rural communities gun ownership was accepted as a fact of life. Most >> families owned at least two guns, a shotgun for hunting and a 22 cal. >> rifle for the kids to plink around with. Most high schools had rifle >> teams, usually subsidized by the Army. Indeed an armed population was >> considered the key to national defense. What enemy would attack a >> country with a well armed citizenry? The NRA, rather than being >> dedicated to supporting the Second Amendment, was an advocate of >> teaching marksmanship in schools. >> >> I currently own three guns, a shotgun, a rifle, and a handgun. My >> favorite is a Browning semi-automatic 22 rifle, also John Browning's >> favorite gun. It is beautiful, a true work of art. I bought it on sight >> 40 years ago. I lusted after that gun more than I ever lusted after a >> Leica camera. It has appreciated in price more than twenty times the >> price I paid. >> <http://www.basspro.com/Browning-SemiAuto-Grade-I-22-LR-Rifle/product/102 >> 17873/> >> >> I was taught to shoot as a ten year old at a YMCA camp by a German >> doctor who had served as in infantryman under the Kaiser during WW I. >> At one time I was even capable of shooting a bullet through the center >> of a cigarette, end on, at 50 ft. I shake too much now and my vision >> isn't what it used to be. >> >> The prevalence of arms has a low correlation with gun murder rates. >> Vermont and New Hampshire are the U.S. states with the highest per >> capita gun ownership, minimum regulatory requirements, and also the >> lowest rates of gun homicides. What really disturbs me is traveling >> through Europe and the Middle East and seeing all those young military >> types in airports and wandering the streets with fully armed large >> magazine assault rifles slung over their backs. How responsible are >> they? You guys who are appalled at seeing weapons, think about that. >> >> Now about Tina's picture of a "Tea Party" family reunion. This may be a >> minority opinion but I think it is a poorly composed, unsharp, snapshot >> of a family at a dinner table with one person handing a gun to another. >> Just a bad picture. Peter is right is stating that prudent gun handling >> practices are being violated. The is no indication that it is a "Tea >> Party" meeting at all. Even Tina's original title on her web site does >> not identify it as such. This picture is far below Tina's usual >> standard and I suspect was titled and posted only to evoke comment. And >> you can see. It did. >> >> Larry Z >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information