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Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44:42 AM
Gerry Souter wrote a blog post titled Never is Heard a Discouraging Word:
Gerry said, "Have you ever been to a firearms practice range and heard anyone heaping disparaging commentary upon another shooter? Has anyone ever seen another shooter boistrously drunk? Have you ever been asked to leave because of loud foul language or..." more
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44:42 AM
Gerry Souter wrote a blog post titled Woof and Stomp Truth Management:
Gerry said, "On February 28, the Chicago Tribune published a canned feature called the "Truth-O-Meter" from an outfit called Politifact that analizes claims and statements made by politicians and their chums in an attempt to discover some grain of truth amid the..." more
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44:42 AM
Gerry Souter wrote a blog post titled "Weapons" or "Firearms":
Gerry said, "No sooner did I finish the last post than I tuned into an interview on-line of Bill Maher by Piers Morgan. Normally, I love Bill Maher. Piers Morgan sails on neutral waters with his whiney British accent, but okay. They were discussing guns and..." more
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44:42 AM
Gerry Souter wrote a blog post titled .38 Caliber Therapy:
Gerry said, "Ever have a day when you felt everything you touched turned into poop and you just had to leave for an hour with your favorite Smith & Wesson .38 Special Military and Police five-screw Hand Ejector six-inch barrel revolver, fully..." more
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44:42 AM
Gerry Souter wrote a blog post titled Pssst...Hey, buddy...:
Gerry said, "I was reading today about the dearth of rifle and pistol ranges in the city of Chicago even though the City Council approved their opening. Sounds like a good deal until you read the restrictions concerning "where" a range is permitted to exist...." more
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44:42 AM
Gerry Souter wrote a blog post titled "Dad...Let me show you...":
Gerry said, "Father and son (or daughter) walks in the woods are fond memories for many shooters with a little snow on the roof. My Dad and I spent many hours crunching through fall leaves and meandering down cornrows with shotguns in the crook of our..." more
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44:42 AM
Gerry Souter wrote a blog post titled Archery Ticket to Higher Learning:
Gerry said, "I know this blog is about our gun culture and "Liberal in the NRA" and the schizophrenic nature of our sport's image (weapons vs sport), but at this point, I must digress. While paging through my Chicago Tribune yesterday, I tripped over a long..." more
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44:42 AM
Gerry Souter wrote a blog post titled Women and Guns - Fear to Promote Sales:
Gerry said, "An excerpt from American ShooterThe 1980s became the decade for peddling handguns, long guns, shot guns, and anything that would go “Bang!” to women. Collaborating with the NRA, gun manufacturers’ designers, advertising agencies and media..." more
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44:42 AM
Gerry Souter wrote a blog post titled Phony gun buy-backs a political non-event:
Gerry said, "Voluntary Gun turn-ins like the latest set for June 23 are largely a politically motivated attempt to look like the local government is doing SOMETHING to eliminate gun violence. In American Shooter, I wrote, "...Politically cynical buy-back..." more
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44:42 AM
Gerry Souter wrote a blog post titled Guns -- Power in a Powerless World?:
Gerry said, "The gun is a dumb, powerless instrument. Unlike a golf club or a tennis racket, a gun relies on its user's intent rather than imposing its specific intent, or context on the user. Guns have one specific function, to hurl a projectile at a target...." more
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44:42 AM
Gerry Souter wrote a blog post titled Home, home on the Range:
Gerry said, "I love the smell of a firearms range in the morning. It smells like...action. Standing at the firing line and peering downrange at the waiting targets jumpstarts my motor. I was 12 when I first laid down on an old discarded mattress that reeked of..." more
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44:42 AM
Gerry Souter wrote a blog post titled Whatever Your Mission:
Gerry said, ""Whatever Your Mission…” Civilian Firearms - from Weapons to Sports (From an article published in the GroundReport blog. Sept, 2012)In a gun magazine advertisement, a militia member, tricked out in copies of army “tactical”..." more
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44:42 AM
Gerry Souter wrote a blog post titled Post Election Promenade:
Gerry said, "With the election concluded and Barack Obama back in office for the next four years, we can look forward to enjoying the following results: an end to those lying vicious PAC commercials that most people muted on sight --except for the..." more
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44:42 AM
Gerry Souter wrote a blog post titled Compromise Should Call the Shots:
Gerry said, "It's a whole new world out there. A fresh rain has washed all the soiled PAC money off the streets into the gutter where it belongs. The American electorate has once again cut through the ideologues' rhetoric to weed out the gasbags and constipated..." more
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44:42 AM
Gerry Souter wrote a blog post titled Exaggeration and Credibility:
Gerry said, "Rub dirt in your hair. Rend your garments. Curse the heavens. Stand on a street corner with a battery bull horn and proclaim the end of the earth. Or just join the Tea Party, or other bloviating collection of gas bags and erase what marginal vestige..." more
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44:42 AM
Gerry Souter wrote a blog post titled Firearm violence- how we got here:
Gerry said, "Firearm violence – How We Got Here –and What Do We Do? A historical perspectiveOur current pro and anti-gun situation didn’t just rise up and bite us. We set up this scenario when the Industrial Revolution, from the mid-18th Century to..." more
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44:42 AM
Gerry Souter wrote a blog post titled Gun Buyers Follow Heroes:
Gerry said, "Gun ownership in the United states is strongly influenced by "Hero Worship." This is not a bad thing, but is a thread of human nature to elmulate the lifestyle, tastes and action of people we admire. This identification extends to things as well as..." more
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44:42 AM
Gerry Souter wrote a blog post titled Wayne LaPierre's World:
Gerry said, "At his December 21 "press conference," Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President of the NRA failed to understand he is not speaking to NRA acolytes whose hands all shoot into the air when he pulls the lever at the side of the podium. He is also..." more
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44:42 AM
Gerry Souter wrote a blog post titled Shooters Tired of Wearing the Scarlet "G":
Gerry said, "If you mention you are an NRA member, do people in the conversation edge away? Do they scrutinize your clothing to try and spot where you are concealing your gun? Do they check the exit signs in the room or count the number of drink rings are on the..." more
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44:42 AM
Gerry Souter wrote a blog post titled :
Gerry said, "It seems we are no longer electing the best and the brightest to public office if the public statements made by our representatives are any measure of their competence. Humble origins are not a benchmark for wisdom, nor do grassroots anchor..." more
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44:41 AM
Gerry Souter wrote a blog post titled A Bunker Summer Ahead?:
Gerry said, "Teaching civilians the skill of marksmanship as a sport will encourage them to train in the safe use of firearms from the perspective of a praiseworthy result. Spectator-friendly marksmanship competition should be restored to the public sector to..." more
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44:41 AM
Gerry Souter wrote a blog post titled A Gun is a State of Mind:
Gerry said, "I read an interesting quote today in the local newspaper: "A gun is not a gun, it is a mental state." This is the most succinct description of the act of carrying a loaded handgun in public that I can remember seeing. All these he-men whining about..." more
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44:41 AM
Gerry Souter wrote a blog post titled Losing a Shooting Friend:
Gerry said, "I recently lost a shooting friend. He's still alive and he's still a good friend, but he had to surrender his Firearm Owners Identification Card (FOID) card, because, technically he's a felon. Caught up in the 2008 financial implosion with..." more
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44:41 AM
Gerry Souter wrote a blog post titled Guarding the Bedside Nightstand:
Gerry said, "Guarding the Nightstand drawer Guarding the Nightstand drawer The futile search for the extra set of car keys has boiled down to the unlikely bedroom nightstand. Sitting on the bed, the rummage begins: a half-finished paperback mystery place-marked..." more
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44:42 AM
Gerry Souter wrote a blog post titled Kindred Spirits in Shooting Sports:
Gerry said, "When Gordon Morris Bakken was asked by my publisher to pen a short blurb for the back cover of my book, American Shooter, he instead did me the honor of going all in on a "foreward." He followed my model by making his work a review laced with..." more