Gee Justin, I guess we're going to disagree on this. But as Larry's older brother King has often stated, there's no unanimity in anything. A couple guys seemed to agree with me that Ed Good's anti gun rhetoric, which he has frequently posted on this website, is offensive and damaging to all of us who respect the 2nd Amendment.
A couple others are not clear about their displeasure. When Mike Campbell speaks of leaving when some clowns are gone, I assume he is referring to Larry Clown... I mean Brown. But he'll be back, just like some others like Brian Dudley and Last Dollar who left in a drama laced huff. Hell, even Jerry Lee, aka Alvin Linden returned as a young gal named Hillary with the screen name Gunluvr. But she (or he) is not the first here to post under more than one name.
Ted was 110% correct about some epic battles that occurred here in the so-called good old days. Here's an example in one anti-gun Trolling thread that King started right here on the front page back in 2007:
http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=40636&page=3My favorite post in that entire thread was this one. You'd have to read the thread and be familiar with the totality of King's posts here to really appreciate it:
So....If I'm a Christian who believes that most liberals are in favor of abridging my 2nd Amendment rights then I also am in favor of enslaving Black people which was still being practiced until 1957 by certain college professors in Georgia until Martin Luther King took time away from wrestling King Brown around the living room to put a stop to it.
Ok. Just so I have it straight in my head.
Nick
A couple others apparently fail to see any connection between preservation of gun rights and sporting clays guns, doubles, or even the existence of a firearms related website. When you post something that "bores" me Justin, I will probably just not read it. I think Rob't Harris really nailed it in his post above. We've seen a thousand off topic threads and threads that go off topic. I wonder why only certain ones ignite a shitstorm? I have been tempted to whine and e-mail Dave whenever it happens just to make a point, but I can't lower myself to be so petty and childish.
FYI, I did not "rail against someone's business practices" as you accused me. However, I agree with Ted 110% in his observations and opinions about Ed, and especially the one he posted this morning about Ed using folks here as a "tool". But it goes further than just his questionable business practices. Ted is forgetting that Ed's last attempt to sell a couple guns here did not go very well when Dave questioned him about his return policy and dealer status. Ed enjoys Trolling and fomenting discord here. He's been temporarily banned at least 3 times, and also tossed off other firearms forums. Maybe you read AmarilloMike's "Pledge Drive to Ban Ed Good" and "Pledge Drive to Ban Ed Good For Good: Part Deux". King Brown got really upset with that effort to solicit donations to ban Ed, but he says nothing about suggestions by his little brother Larry to ban pro-gun Conservatives such as myself. Hmmmmm. I still have Ed's PM to me where he asked me who I was. He got really excited when I told him I was really King Brown posting under another name, and that I was working to make fools of the guys in Misfires, and hoped to bring down that whole sub-forum to finally silence the Conservative pro-gun guys there. He replied that that was a good idea. Here's some of it:
so, who are you, really? ed
ed, you know what I said. Please don't tell anyone else... scouts honour, eh? Sorry I have to be mean to you to keep the ruse going. Best we minimize further discussion of this.
Please don't let anyone else know... this will be our little secret.
wow! thats really cool...be up your way in august. what do you think of the evangaline b&b? nice place to stay? ed
Are you speaking of Evangeline's Tower B&B near Parrsboro? I never stayed there but hear it's a lovely place, very nice area near the Bay of Fundy. I have hunted waterfowl there with some close friends in Parliament.
I do hope you can stop here for a visit too. I deleted most of my previous reply for obvious reasons. Can't have our little secret getting out to you know whom, eh?
zackly...
as i recall you are around wolfville?
About 120 mi. from Wolfville, ed, near Antigonish, but the drive is more like 160 miles or so. I do hope you can find time to visit, or maybe we could meet for dinner in Halifax which is about halfway. I could probably check into other accomodations around Wolfville if you haven't already made reservations. When will you be making the trip?
plan to go the last week in august, depending on health issues.
will keep you posted.
The anti-gun quotes by Ed Good I reproduced here are but a fraction of what he has said on the subject. Ed and a few others have flat-out denied making anti-gun statements, but that pesky QUOTE function can be a b*tch. Several of the trolls who are desperate that Misfires should never return have very self-serving reasons to conceal what they said there. Frankly, I don't care either way, but I will always believe there was a very concerted effort by some here to shut it down. I enjoy a civil discussion about guns as much as anyone, but I'm not so desperate for civil discussions that I turn a blind eye to the anti-gun Trolls here who frequently stab us all in the back while they pretend to be one of us. Many of our esteemed colleagues from Great Britain, Canada, and Australia who lost many of their gun rights have concurred and warned us against complacency. I doubt if any of them would harbor the truly silly notion that only military veterans could have a valid commitment to support for gun rights or the rest of the Constitution.
edit: Looks like Ed was making yet another denial about the existence of anti-2nd Amendment trolls here even as I was typing this. And you wish to have a civil discussion with someone who can deny their own words??? That's funny!
