Thread: Media Firearms beat-up continues

perhaps our friend Professor Clements may also share his opinion on the fact that his employers Otago university have twice featured in crime stats with academics being found guilty of murder -to wit psychiatrist Dr Colin Bouwer (whose son is banged up in Sth africa for the identical crime)and last but not least the hideous reptile Clayton "chucky"Weatherston.
This peace studies crap flourished under Jim Andertons mob ,the onerous highlight being when dopey Matt Robson minister. disarmament sent that ginga "anti "wally Professor Philip Alpers to a UN disarmament conference,which in itself was a bloody shambles
.two week talk fest -two line statement saying nothing could be agreed on .half the parties knew nowt about the agenda ,the other half didnt even know where the dunnies where !
Alpers incidentally is resident in a sydney varsity!
Alpers-former "fairgo "reporter had also authored some research along with his aussie mate .This however was peer reviewed by Prof Gary Mauser of simon Fraser university in Canada(who does know what hes talking about)and found to be defective in virtually every aspect. So bloody much for legislators relying on this info to draw up sound reasonable laws!

Any wee MSM reporter who comes near me will be met with 'whose shaggin ya now luv and canI quote you on that"-see how they like getting crap printed about em!!

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Originally Posted by timattalon

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.

I do, but I doubt Selwyn would remember the phrasing he used and if it differed from how it was reported. From what I heard, the reporter probably just repeated some of the more negative things he said and left out the rest. When she was about to leave she asked if there was anyone else in the Dunedin firearms scene who she could talk to for another opinion. I gave her the number of a very talkative local advocate, who has written books on the statistics behind firearms in NZ. If she did bother to interview him too, she certainly doesn't seem to have included any of it. Maybe he used words with more than three syllables. Maybe his point of view didn't fit in with what she was trying say.

Originally Posted by tommygun

I do, but I doubt Selwyn would remember the phrasing he used and if it differed from how it was reported. From what I heard, the reporter probably just repeated some of the more negative things he said and left out the rest. When she was about to leave she asked if there was anyone else in the Dunedin firearms scene who she could talk to for another opinion. I gave her the number of a very talkative local advocate, who has written books on the statistics behind firearms in NZ. If she did bother to interview him too, she certainly doesn't seem to have included any of it. Maybe he used words with more than three syllables. Maybe his point of view didn't fit in with what she was trying say.

Might be in your bosses' best interest to clarify either here or somewhere else in public - taking what's out there at the moment I will be giving McCarthy's a wide berth in future, and likely not the only one. Usually made a point of dropping in there when in Dunedin...

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Originally Posted by kotuku

perhaps our friend Professor Clements may also share his opinion on the fact that his employers Otago university have twice featured in crime stats with academics being found guilty of murder -to wit psychiatrist Dr Colin Bouwer (whose son is banged up in Sth africa for the identical crime)and last but not least the hideous reptile Clayton "chucky"Weatherston.
This peace studies crap flourished under Jim Andertons mob ,the onerous highlight being when dopey Matt Robson minister. disarmament sent that ginga "anti "wally Professor Philip Alpers to a UN disarmament conference,which in itself was a bloody shambles
.two week talk fest -two line statement saying nothing could be agreed on .half the parties knew nowt about the agenda ,the other half didnt even know where the dunnies where !
Alpers incidentally is resident in a sydney varsity!
Alpers-former "fairgo "reporter had also authored some research along with his aussie mate .This however was peer reviewed by Prof Gary Mauser of simon Fraser university in Canada(who does know what hes talking about)and found to be defective in virtually every aspect. So bloody much for legislators relying on this info to draw up sound reasonable laws!

Any wee MSM reporter who comes near me will be met with 'whose shaggin ya now luv and canI quote you on that"-see how they like getting crap printed about em!!

I enjoy writing to Otago uni and asking why they continue to let Kevin embarrass them with his drivel. I know a few other people do too.

this common referral to pet academics is in reality a sign of bloody laziness on the reporters part -ie Cant be assed getting into gear and googling or scouting for fresh perspective,so will just ring my mate or the papers pet expert .not worried they trot the same line of drivel out repeatedly cause varsities are encouraged to be bastions of free expression and no one will contradict an academic.

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Originally Posted by Cyclops

Well by that definition I must be a very rare person.

My - then - 14 year old took up fullbore target shooting as his sporting hobby.
In order for him to have a rifle to use exclusively I had to get a Firearms License which I did.
I had no previous firearms experience and no particular interest in shooting myself.

To own a firearm and ammunition I obtained my FAL, then a rifle, then began reloading for my son.

We're onto our third rifle now for fullbore target shooting - this time a specialised target rifle built up from components.

You may be rare, but welcome none the less. I know of many parents who would go to the same lengths for their kids, but I also know there are many parents out there who would not do the same. Good on you for getting involved.

Clements is a fear-mongering nut-job. Welcome to the gun show | Features | Critic Te Arohi

I like the part where he suggests Dunedin's weather makes people want to shoot each other. You can't make this stuff up.

Originally Posted by tommygun

Clements is a fear-mongering nut-job. Welcome to the gun show | Features | Critic Te Arohi

I'm guessing you didn't go to Otago uni or you'd already know to ignore anything printed in the load of bleating drivel that is the critic magazine.

Originally Posted by tommygun

I like the part where he suggests Dunedin's weather makes people want to shoot each other. You can't make this stuff up.

Is that why David Bain didn't like his paper run?

Originally Posted by GravelBen

I'm guessing you didn't go to Otago uni or you'd already know to ignore anything printed in the load of bleating drivel that is the critic magazine.

As a student I should know better, but I had seen the cover of that issue when it was printed and was curious as to what they were going to say. I wasn't at all surprised.

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How Sad

Originally Posted by tommygun

As a student I should know better, but I had seen the cover of that issue when it was printed and was curious as to what they were going to say. I wasn't at all surprised.

I graduated in 2007, it obviously hasn't got any better since then!