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Small Victory

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Just a short note, since we’re in danger of being overrun by the sniffling malingerer brigade sick people here at PGHNSTRACH…

Remember the paramedic textbook I was asked to review, the one that had all the PSH and misinformation about firearms in it?

Well, I got a look at this edition of the text while I was in Baltimore. All the PSH about “automatic weapons”…”high powered assault rifles”…”multiple victims from assault weapons shootings”…”military weapons are more dangerous and powerful than hunting weapons” and similar tripe had been deleted.

Also gone was the blatant propaganda erroneous assertion that gun control legislation as a public health initiative has been successful at reducing gun violence.

The only things left were some factual statements I suggested in place of “Aaaaaaggghhhh! Assault weapons! Bullet hose! Blood in the streets! Bodies everywhere!”

Or words to that effect.

Nice to know that common sense does indeed break out sometimes.

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Posted by on April 1, 2008 • Filed under: Uncategorized
  • Wyatt Earp

    Don’t worry, A.D: the Al Gore-ians are enroute to the publisher as we speak to insert the “truth” about guns . . . and global warming.

  • Wyatt Earp

    Don’t worry, A.D: the Al Gore-ians are enroute to the publisher as we speak to insert the “truth” about guns . . . and global warming.

  • Wyatt Earp

    Don’t worry, A.D: the Al Gore-ians are enroute to the publisher as we speak to insert the “truth” about guns . . . and global warming.

  • Wyatt Earp

    Don’t worry, A.D: the Al Gore-ians are enroute to the publisher as we speak to insert the “truth” about guns . . . and global warming.

  • fuzzys dad

    Toad Gore and his Goofs scare me.When they speak the “truth” about any thing.

  • fuzzys dad

    Toad Gore and his Goofs scare me.When they speak the “truth” about any thing.

  • fuzzys dad

    Toad Gore and his Goofs scare me.When they speak the “truth” about any thing.

  • fuzzys dad

    Toad Gore and his Goofs scare me.When they speak the “truth” about any thing.

  • Rogue Medic

    And this had nothing to do with “AD’s coming and he’s armed, so we’d better get this stuff straightened out, ’cause he’s on a diet and possibly hypoglycemic and he’s been setting up this alibi for months.”Or was it a coincidence? :-)

  • bob@thenest

    Congratulations, AD, on making a difference again. I wouldn’t label it a small victory though — as an instructor you already know there is no way to tell how many people your words will touch and in my experience we almost always underestimate it.

  • Rogue Medic

    And this had nothing to do with “AD’s coming and he’s armed, so we’d better get this stuff straightened out, ’cause he’s on a diet and possibly hypoglycemic and he’s been setting up this alibi for months.”Or was it a coincidence? :-)

  • bob@thenest

    Congratulations, AD, on making a difference again. I wouldn’t label it a small victory though — as an instructor you already know there is no way to tell how many people your words will touch and in my experience we almost always underestimate it.

  • Rogue Medic

    And this had nothing to do with “AD’s coming and he’s armed, so we’d better get this stuff straightened out, ’cause he’s on a diet and possibly hypoglycemic and he’s been setting up this alibi for months.”Or was it a coincidence?:-)

  • bob@thenest

    Congratulations, AD, on making a difference again. I wouldn’t label it a small victory though — as an instructor you already know there is no way to tell how many people your words will touch and in my experience we almost always underestimate it.

  • Rogue Medic

    And this had nothing to do with “AD’s coming and he’s armed, so we’d better get this stuff straightened out, ’cause he’s on a diet and possibly hypoglycemic and he’s been setting up this alibi for months.”Or was it a coincidence?:-)

  • bob@thenest

    Congratulations, AD, on making a difference again. I wouldn’t label it a small victory though — as an instructor you already know there is no way to tell how many people your words will touch and in my experience we almost always underestimate it.

  • Anonymous

    And now, my impression of Al Gore channeling Sarah Brady:Aieee! Aieee! Guns cause global warming! Shrieeeeek!

  • Anonymous

    And now, my impression of Al Gore channeling Sarah Brady:Aieee! Aieee! Guns cause global warming! Shrieeeeek!

  • Anonymous

    And now, my impression of Al Gore channeling Sarah Brady:Aieee! Aieee! Guns cause global warming! Shrieeeeek!

  • Anonymous

    And now, my impression of Al Gore channeling Sarah Brady:Aieee! Aieee! Guns cause global warming! Shrieeeeek!

  • Ambulance Driver

    “Aieee! Aieee! Guns cause global warming! Shrieeeeek!”Well, <>duhr.<>They expel superheated greenhouse gases and everything.My dream is that a typical day at the range would leave a Sasquatch-sized carbon footprint.

  • Ambulance Driver

    “Aieee! Aieee! Guns cause global warming! Shrieeeeek!”Well, <>duhr.<>They expel superheated greenhouse gases and everything.My dream is that a typical day at the range would leave a Sasquatch-sized carbon footprint.

  • Ambulance Driver

    They expel superheated greenhouse gases and everything.My dream is that a typical day at the range would leave a Sasquatch-sized carbon footprint.

  • Ambulance Driver

    They expel superheated greenhouse gases and everything.My dream is that a typical day at the range would leave a Sasquatch-sized carbon footprint.

  • Andrew

    To keep things in perspective, the proper application of firearms is beneficial to the planet. The carbon footprint of a single .40 S&W round negates the carbon footprint of a lowlife goblin. The CO2 offset is incredible when you consider the CO2 otherwise expended by the goblin in car chases and apprehension efforts, the CO2-absorbing trees that have to be used up for his court papers and appeals, and the CO2 produced by the heavy breathing of liberals outraged by the injustice of the goblin’s trial.Fight carbon with carbon, I say.

  • Andrew

    To keep things in perspective, the proper application of firearms is beneficial to the planet. The carbon footprint of a single .40 S&W round negates the carbon footprint of a lowlife goblin. The CO2 offset is incredible when you consider the CO2 otherwise expended by the goblin in car chases and apprehension efforts, the CO2-absorbing trees that have to be used up for his court papers and appeals, and the CO2 produced by the heavy breathing of liberals outraged by the injustice of the goblin’s trial.Fight carbon with carbon, I say.

  • Andrew

    To keep things in perspective, the proper application of firearms is beneficial to the planet. The carbon footprint of a single .40 S&W; round negates the carbon footprint of a lowlife goblin. The CO2 offset is incredible when you consider the CO2 otherwise expended by the goblin in car chases and apprehension efforts, the CO2-absorbing trees that have to be used up for his court papers and appeals, and the CO2 produced by the heavy breathing of liberals outraged by the injustice of the goblin’s trial.Fight carbon with carbon, I say.

  • Andrew

    To keep things in perspective, the proper application of firearms is beneficial to the planet. The carbon footprint of a single .40 S&W; round negates the carbon footprint of a lowlife goblin. The CO2 offset is incredible when you consider the CO2 otherwise expended by the goblin in car chases and apprehension efforts, the CO2-absorbing trees that have to be used up for his court papers and appeals, and the CO2 produced by the heavy breathing of liberals outraged by the injustice of the goblin’s trial.Fight carbon with carbon, I say.

  • Draven

    My prediction as to its sudden deletion?Look no further than the oral arguments heard in the United States Supreme Court on March 18.The writing is on the wall….

  • Draven

    My prediction as to its sudden deletion?Look no further than the oral arguments heard in the United States Supreme Court on March 18.The writing is on the wall….

  • Draven

    My prediction as to its sudden deletion?Look no further than the oral arguments heard in the United States Supreme Court on March 18.The writing is on the wall….

  • Draven

    My prediction as to its sudden deletion?Look no further than the oral arguments heard in the United States Supreme Court on March 18.The writing is on the wall….

  • Ambulance Driver

    Actually Draven, it went to print well before the Heller case was heard.All that stuff was deleted because I objected to it and pointed out its factual inaccuracies.

  • Ambulance Driver

    Actually Draven, it went to print well before the Heller case was heard.All that stuff was deleted because I objected to it and pointed out its factual inaccuracies.

  • Ambulance Driver

    Actually Draven, it went to print well before the Heller case was heard.All that stuff was deleted because I objected to it and pointed out its factual inaccuracies.

  • Ambulance Driver

    Actually Draven, it went to print well before the Heller case was heard.All that stuff was deleted because I objected to it and pointed out its factual inaccuracies.

  • Draven

    That’s good, though. However, having accuracies in it on firearm wounds and wounding methods would be even better.Unfortunately, some of the real serious studies contradict one another. For instance, the relevance of hydrostatic shock as a wounding mechanism…. (read the Wikipedia entry- written by two PhDs who work at West Point)

  • Draven

    That’s good, though. However, having accuracies in it on firearm wounds and wounding methods would be even better.Unfortunately, some of the real serious studies contradict one another. For instance, the relevance of hydrostatic shock as a wounding mechanism…. (read the Wikipedia entry- written by two PhDs who work at West Point)

  • Draven

    That’s good, though. However, having accuracies in it on firearm wounds and wounding methods would be even better.Unfortunately, some of the real serious studies contradict one another. For instance, the relevance of hydrostatic shock as a wounding mechanism…. (read the Wikipedia entry- written by two PhDs who work at West Point)

  • Draven

    That’s good, though. However, having accuracies in it on firearm wounds and wounding methods would be even better.Unfortunately, some of the real serious studies contradict one another. For instance, the relevance of hydrostatic shock as a wounding mechanism…. (read the Wikipedia entry- written by two PhDs who work at West Point)

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