Who Decides?

Who decides?

I’m beginning to think of mainstream media as the enemy. I’m beginning to think of them as President Trump thinks of them. I love that our Constitution ensures a free press. But that does not make the press omnipotent and beyond reproach. The press needs to be held accountable for what they do. They need to find some integrity and honesty in their reporting. They need to keep politics out of their reporting and leave their opinions at home. If you have opinion start a blog. It amazes me that whenever a reporter talks about the press being out of hand they think that they themselves are not included in the press! They are talking about themselves like the press is an abstract thing! Why is their reporting about crime and guns so out of touch with reality?
Who decides what an “assault” weapon is? Who decides what capacity is “high” capacity for a magazine? Is it people who don’t know the difference between a magazine and a clip? Is it someone who knows little to nothing about guns? Is it people who think if you drop a gun it will go off? Who decides who can be armed in a store? Church? School? Is it someone who has never shot or held a gun? Who decides what constitutes a “safe” gun? Manufacturers? Politicians? Gun enthusiasts? “Experts?” Who decides who can be an expert? Gun instructors? Law enforcement? Law makers?
If I can pass a law enforcement agency’s course of fire that law enforcement officers (LEO) or agents must pass to be qualified does that make me as qualified as law enforcement? If a LEO fails a course of fire that I train with daily, weekly, or monthly does that make me more qualified than the LEO?
Who decides who is more qualified to carry a gun? The masses? Politicians? LE? Or someone who has carried for decades, has actually been in a firefight, and has instructed with guns for decades?
Who decides that the National Rifle Association (NRA) speaks for the Gun Industry? The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has this on their website: “NSSF is the trade association for America's firearms industry. Our mission: To promote, protect and preserve hunting and the shooting sports.” Even though the NRA has ties to the Gun industry, they do not speak for it. It’s in the NRA’s best interest to have close ties to the industry. Do they influence each other? Probably. That’s like the Cattleman’s associations having close ties to the Beef industry, duh!
Who decides all these silly things pertaining to guns in the media? The movie industry hasn’t helped with the reality of what guns do and how they work. Many people actually think that they have a knowledge of guns from T.V. shows, movies, and video games! Why don’t more news organizations and reporters actually get real information before they do stories? There’s really no excuse. I guess there might be reasons. Laziness. Being biased. Maybe if they found out the real truth about guns and violence they may not have a story. Then what would they do? For instance. In 2014 during the problems going on in Furgurson, Missori a reporter Tweeted this:
I believe these are rubber bullets, can anyone confirm? #Fergurson pic.twitter.com/iCsFi6qoIa

— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) August 17, 2014

He then had a picture of two foam ear plugs! Now I’m sure this was an honest mistake by this reporter from the Huffington Post. It shows the ignorance of reporters covering a story involving shooting and police. It is very telling of a left leaning publication.
Mother Jones says the following 7 organizations are worse than the NRA. I can tell you right now that if Mother Jones doesn’t like something, I will look at those organizations closer and want to support them. Mother Jones is about as liberal as you can be. They are as bad at reporting truth about guns as the Huffington Post. Probably worse.
Revolution PAC
Second Amendment Foundation
Women Warriors PAC
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA)
Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
Gun Owners of America (GOA)
National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR)
The above organizations are supposed to be “worse” than the NRA.
How in the world can you be a trusted news source when your politics show all over the place? That is not reporting, that is propaganda. To be fair, FOX news is just as bad. But at least I feel like FOX exists because the other networks are so liberal leaning that there should be at least ONE conservative! What happened to just reporting news and not putting a slant on it? Conservatives watch FOX and Liberals watch CNN. What does a good independent do? I’ll tell you what I do. I ignore most of what mainstream media says and get my news from sources I have come to trust.
Other news sources have a better understanding of guns without supporting or condemning owning a gun.
Rachael Larimore wrote in the “Slate” on June 16, 2016:
“If the media wants to work toward actual solutions for gun violence, to do right by the people who are senselessly murdered, they need more than righteous indignation. They need to be better informed and more willing to engage honestly with their opponents.”
Rachael gets it. I don’t know if she is for or against gun ownership, but she is sure that if the media started to be journalists instead of having an agenda, then maybe those wanting more gun control and gun people could actually work together to stop gun violence. Both sides don’t want anyone to die and if the media would pull their head out and start reporting a little more unbiased, I would not only listen to them, but perhaps join with them to stop a plague that is upon our country.
Until then, I am content tell them how silly they sound and to ignore their little rants. I know I shouldn’t be petty like that, but if mainstream media would start acting professional then maybe I would stop acting childish.
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