The problem was threads about guns sliding into posts of ignorance, myths and superstition, an amazing amalgam of politics, religion and jingoism, not to mention an abuse of members... The uninitiated will stay where we are.
KB: The irony (and humor) of all of this can be gleaned by going back and reading all the posts (yours included) under this thread and then compare them to the cryptic comments by the usual suspects on the "approved" threads supposedly relating to double guns. In the final analysis, very little of what is posted here goes beyond chit-chat and the expression of gut reactions.
My comment about censorship delaying the American publication of books about shotgunning in America until 1783, is the only thing even remotely related to the double-gun experience on these three or four pages of threads. Whether this "literature of our sport" pearl of wisdom is worthy in the context of your profound and incisive analysis, that could be read equally as a diatribe against non-Beanie-Baby content on the beaniebaby.org forum, will, no doubt, be the subject of votes pro and con.
As to "we the uninitiated," do you mean those who have nothing to say but say it anyway? Read any thread and see how many posts could stand alone and be understood as a comment about double guns. This goes with the territory; chit-chat is conversation; unpopular topics die for lack of interest and comment. Think how easy it would have been not to check up on this thread to see what's what...how easy it would be to not respond...let it die...Oh! but that last word....
