Thread: Media Firearms beat-up continues

Originally Posted by steven

"because of the rural make-up of the community,"

So you country folk are dis-honest bastards, there I knew it all along.

absolute bull cr*p.

and then this,

"Over the internet, or a mate talking to a mate down at the pub, nine times out of 10 they won't ask to see a gun licence"

So a vested interest, selling an un-supportable point of view.

His business should be boycotted IMHO, if he thinks gun owners are this bad, dont give him business.

As long as this is what he said. Dont forget the Media never lets the truth get in the way of a story.

Remember Heather D P A was told it there was a chance that an error could slip though and not be spotted and then Duncan went on to say later that the person said it was very likely never going to be picked up. These are not quotes and one is definitely not a quote of the other.

So it is possible the shop owner could have said something along the lines of "if anyone wanted to buy an illegal firearm, they are more likely to do this down at a pub face to face where there is no ability to track the transaction" and a reporter would repeat this as "all trades down at the pub are not tracked and are illegal" to make it sound more dramatic. (and wrong of course)

Is anyone on here working at or involved with that gun shop? Perhaps get him to answer in person on this thread and see what he actually said. I dont trust the media to get it right as I have not seen that happen much for a very long time.