New York Times Wants You To Know Shooting is a Dangerous, Filthy Business

By Dan Zimmerman

TTAG reader Ripcord sent us a link to the New York Times latest head-shaker about the scourge that is shooting on public lands. Ripcord does some head shaking himself, wondering, “First the open carriers, then the Oath Keepers during a riot, the ‘gun nuts’ and now recreational shooters. Is there any demographic they won’t vilify to get their propaganda out?” To which the answer is, of course, no . . .

In ‘In Quite Woods, a Clamorous Gun Debate,’ Times scribe Jack Healy does his best to paint a vivid picture for Upper West Siders of the terror that results from allowing recreational shooting on public lands. An activity that tens of thousands of Americans engage in every year without incident. But predictably enough, Healy highlights this one:

Over the Fourth of July weekend in Pike National Forest in Colorado, a 60-year-old camper preparing to make s’mores with his grandchildren was killed when a stray bullet arced into his campsite. The camper, Glenn Martin, said “ow,” his daughter said, and when his family ran to help him, there was a hole in his shirt and blood pouring from his mouth.

“A war zone,” said Paul …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns