Did you see 20/20 Diane Sawyer's "If Only I Had a Gun" ?

[BillyBobUSA]

I missed it as I hate patronising TV shows that attack gun ownership.

Some friends saw it and saaid it was the typical liberal media biased reporting.

Supposedly some experiement they did showed that it was impossible for a student to shoot someone going through a school shooting teachers and students.

But that cant be right; even Diane Sawyer wouldnt try to foist that nonsense off on the public.

Anyone else see it?

[sgtmac_46]

I missed it as I hate patronising TV shows that attack gun ownership.

Some friends saw it and saaid it was the typical liberal media biased reporting.

Supposedly some experiement they did showed that it was impossible for a student to shoot someone going through a school shooting teachers and students.

But that cant be right; even Diane Sawyer wouldnt try to foist that nonsense off on the public.

Anyone else see it?

Yes....the whole thing was an utter assault on the intellect of anyone watching.

[johnrocks]

Gun Owners of America responds to 20/20
http://gunowners.org/2020-just-cant-see-straight-when-it-comes-to-the-second-amendment.htm

The title of ABC’s 20/20 program this week was promising: “If I only had a gun.”

Finally, the title suggested, a look at the benefits of firearms ownership. A woman under attack, a homeowner being invaded, a carjack victim; if only they were armed, the outcome might have been different. They would have been able to protect themselves.

But surprise, surprise, Diane Sawyer and 20/20 had a different agenda. “If I only had a gun” was in fact a sarcastic title. What they really meant was, “Don’t think that a gun would actually help you in a time of crisis, because it won’t.”

Nothing new from 20/20 here. Ten years ago they came up with the astounding “finding” that boys will - gasp! - play with firearms given the chance. Wow, what a shock. My kids will pick up a banana and pretend it’s a gun. Kids are curious and imaginative. Parents were put on earth to protect and guide them so they are not harmed by their natural curiosity.

On Friday 20/20 picked up where they left off in 1999, giving the impression of an epidemic of accidents involving children and guns.

As every parent would agree, even one accidental gun death is one too many. Anti-gunners cannot claim the high ground of caring for children more than gun owners. But before people get so frightened that they send their guns off to the U.N. to be melted down into Volvos, let’s look at some facts.

Here are some real numbers of accidental child deaths per year:
Cause .............................Number (Ages 0-14) .....................................Number (Ages 0-4)
Motor-vehicle ...................................2,591.......... .................................................. .819
Drowning ...........................................943.... .................................................. .......568
Fires and flames ..................................593............. ............................................... 327
Mechanical suffocation ........................601....................... ......................................508
Ingestion of food, object........................ 169 .................................................. ...........169
Firearms ..............................................86.. .................................................. ...........19
Source: Figures are for 2000. National Safety Council, Injury Facts: 2003 Edition, at 10-11, 129.

It turns out that gun owners are among the most responsible people in all of society, and have pushed accidental firearm discharges to an all-time low. Accidental shootings have declined by over 50% over the last three decades, even as the number of gun owners has greatly increased.

[Oddball]

Ol' Diane must've watched that Simpsons episode one time too many!!

HOMER
Oh, I don’t need anything like that… yet… Just give me my gun.

(He tries to take the gun.)

CLERK
I’m sorry, but the law requires a five-day waiting period. We’ve got to run a background check.

HOMER
Five days? But I’m mad now! I’d kill you if I had my gun.

CLERK
Yeah, well you don’t.

[mgifford]

Gun Owners of America responds to 20/20
http://gunowners.org/2020-just-cant-see-straight-when-it-comes-to-the-second-amendment.htm

The title of ABC’s 20/20 program this week was promising: “If I only had a gun.”

Finally, the title suggested, a look at the benefits of firearms ownership. A woman under attack, a homeowner being invaded, a carjack victim; if only they were armed, the outcome might have been different. They would have been able to protect themselves.

But surprise, surprise, Diane Sawyer and 20/20 had a different agenda. “If I only had a gun” was in fact a sarcastic title. What they really meant was, “Don’t think that a gun would actually help you in a time of crisis, because it won’t.”

Nothing new from 20/20 here. Ten years ago they came up with the astounding “finding” that boys will - gasp! - play with firearms given the chance. Wow, what a shock. My kids will pick up a banana and pretend it’s a gun. Kids are curious and imaginative. Parents were put on earth to protect and guide them so they are not harmed by their natural curiosity.

On Friday 20/20 picked up where they left off in 1999, giving the impression of an epidemic of accidents involving children and guns.

As every parent would agree, even one accidental gun death is one too many. Anti-gunners cannot claim the high ground of caring for children more than gun owners. But before people get so frightened that they send their guns off to the U.N. to be melted down into Volvos, let’s look at some facts.

Here are some real numbers of accidental child deaths per year:
Cause .............................Number (Ages 0-14) .....................................Number (Ages 0-4)
Motor-vehicle ...................................2,591.......... .................................................. .819
Drowning ...........................................943.... .................................................. .......568
Fires and flames ..................................593............. ............................................... 327
Mechanical suffocation ........................601....................... ......................................508
Ingestion of food, object........................ 169 .................................................. ...........169
Firearms ..............................................86.. .................................................. ...........19
Source: Figures are for 2000. National Safety Council, Injury Facts: 2003 Edition, at 10-11, 129.

It turns out that gun owners are among the most responsible people in all of society, and have pushed accidental firearm discharges to an all-time low. Accidental shootings have declined by over 50% over the last three decades, even as the number of gun owners has greatly increased.

When it comes to "fire arms" stats, the anti's always use the stats from men up to the age of 19 to fatten the stats and make fire arms look way more dangerous. They say that a certain amount of kids died last year, which is always a lie. Because you can't add men to the list of children and honestly prove a damn thing.

[AutoRacer55]

My first attempt at being creative (a la Gene)

"If I Only Had a Gun" (Scarecrow tune from Wizard of Oz)

I could wile away the hours
shootin' burglars with the showers
Consultin' with my hun
And my barrel I'd be shootin'
While intruders were busy hootin'
If I only had a gun

I'd load up all my ammo
Hear it go Kerblammo
His livelyhood I would shun

(Dorothy)
With the bullets through that fool
You could help out the gene pool
If you only had a gun

(Scarecrow)
Oh, I would tell you why
The people want my stuff
I could shoot the thugs that think they're so tough
And then I'd sit and say, "I've had enough!"

I would not be just a hero
The idiot's just a zero
My weapon weighs a ton
I could call up the morgue at night
His face could never see the light
If I only had a gun




Cheesy, I know, but I was seeing if it had any merit (yes I'm pro gun).

[jungulator]

Supposedly some experiement they did showed that it was impossible for a student to shoot someone going through a school shooting teachers and students.



The did do something like that, but what I found interesting was that they were using real cops to play the bad guy, and students with the gun were always sitting in the same spot. So I'm wondering if the cops knew this, and always aimed for them first, because they always seemed to go down first.

On another note, I did find it interesting how the young kids who just had a gun safety program picked up the real guns they found and immediatly started playing with them.

[CaptainPike]

I saw a few minutes of it and then turned the channel realizing that Diane Sawyer is only interested in taking a dump all over guns.

They actually compared airsoft guns to handguns. What a joke.

[Samm]

Yes....the whole thing was an utter assault on the intellect of anyone watching.

Diane Sawyer is an utter assault on anyone's intellect. I would have been shocked had her exposé been anything different that what it was - a complete hack job.

[BillyBobUSA]

The did do something like that, but what I found interesting was that they were using real cops to play the bad guy, and students with the gun were always sitting in the same spot. So I'm wondering if the cops knew this, and always aimed for them first, because they always seemed to go down first.

So you saw it too; must be true then.

That is just so assinine.


On another note, I did find it interesting how the young kids who just had a gun safety program picked up the real guns they found and immediatly started playing with them.

Were adults there supervising them?

IF they did it while adults were there maybe they felt it was OK?

I have taken my kids to the range every time they have asked, even MADE them go with me a few times and got all the curiosity out of their systems long ago.

Now they both own their own guns and my son is getting his concealed carry as soon as he turns 21 this summer.

[notluzn]

Liberal Media in Full Spin. Diane, If I knew you had a gun in your house and I was a bad guy, I would think about moving on to another house without a gun. Man this woman needs a brain

[jungulator]

So you saw it too; must be true then.

That is just so assinine.




Were adults there supervising them?

IF they did it while adults were there maybe they felt it was OK?

I have taken my kids to the range every time they have asked, even MADE them go with me a few times and got all the curiosity out of their systems long ago.

Now they both own their own guns and my son is getting his concealed carry as soon as he turns 21 this summer.

They had hidden camera's in the room, but no adults present to my knowledge.