I’ve worked with reporters who could not articulate the difference between a shotgun and a rifle. I know an editor in South Dakota, a senior editor, who did not know that sights were the little metal things on top of a pistol that told you were the barrel was pointed. I’m generalizing, but I think I’m on pretty safe ground when I say that as a whole, journalists don’t know much about guns. And I’ve never met one who understands the gun culture. I’ve long thought that someone should offer comprehensive firearms training for the Fourth Estate.

Well, someone has finally stepped up to …read more

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