Thread: They walk amoung us...

Heaps of critical thinking in this.

https://theconversation.com/firearms...-owners-243252

I especially like the blurb about how you can trust the content, as it is written by academics...... JFC - do these people ever look at themselves?

Written by academic experts. Says it all. Probably should have said as an addendum... we have no experience in the real world.

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I was exposed to him during the 'professional development' part of my career in the Army. About as myopic as they come. Will put his spin on everything. Most probably feels jittery walking past a construction site with nail guns in operation.

Academics, politicians, and religious zealots are taboo subjects here, but they are the most dangerous of all!

Which is why open discussion should be had

Think about the long march, and clowns like that in charge of educating the next generation. That is where the real harm is done.

Which is not to say that opinion piece is anything other than rubbish.

Originally Posted by Ross Nolan

I especially like the blurb about how you can trust the content, as it is written by academics......

Tui ad right there!

Pompous opiniated cretin …. If you follow his “ logic” then every person owning a car should have to join a car club & sit compulsory tests every year. And as for his “unanswered” questions, the same applies to car owners & MV licenses…… how would the law prevent a license being granted to a violent extremist?? Or stop motor vehicles from being used to commit crimes??

Pretty sure the other thread about this got deleted.

I won't waste my time coming up with any considered opinion again on the subject on this forum.

Perhaps, in the interest of public safety, academics and public servants should be obliged to run their comments (written or otherwise) past a 'common sense approval committee' before publication to avoid widespread misinformation to the public. It seems to work well in the various 'Peoples Democratic Republics' that the academics like so much!

Originally Posted by gundoc

Perhaps, in the interest of public safety, academics and public servants should be obliged to run their comments (written or otherwise) past a 'common sense approval committee' before publication to avoid widespread misinformation to the public. It seems to work well in the various 'Peoples Democratic Republics' that the academics like so much!

Common sense is subjective, dude.

Originally Posted by Waitati Hunter

Common sense is subjective, dude.

If you had even the slightest idea of the expertise this member has around firearms you would walk away now in shame....This one member probably knows more about firearms than any of us (yourself included...) I would go so far as say the number of Kiwis that know more than him in this field would be in the dozen or so if not less....

Originally Posted by Waitati Hunter

It appears a number of people make up Gun Control NZ, some academics with relevant expertise, while others could be better described as activists. I don't have any reason to believe any of them claim to be, or behave as if they're experts in everything.

I hate to burst your bubble but acadeamic or not, there is not one member of GCNZ that I have heard make a comment that would imply that any of them have ANY relevant expertise...In fact if any of them had any relevent knowledge they would probably leave GCNZ as they would suddenly become so very aware of their lack of expertise....

Originally Posted by timattalon

If you had even the slightest idea of the expertise this member has around firearms you would walk away now in shame....This one member probably knows more about firearms than any of us (yourself included...) I would go so far as say the number of Kiwis that know more than him in this field would be in the dozen or so if not less....



I hate to burst your bubble but acadeamic or not, there is not one member of GCNZ that I have heard make a comment that would imply that any of them have ANY relevant expertise...In fact if any of them had any relevent knowledge they would probably leave GCNZ as they would suddenly become so very aware of their lack of expertise....

2nd that
If Gun Doc says something it is worth listening to

Originally Posted by 308

2nd that
If Gun Doc says something it is worth listening to

3rd that
When it comes to actual empirical knowledge about firearms and related subjects, there would be very few here if any that could be comparable.