“Fake News” ? Advertising Disguised as News?

From: Mike Blessing
To: Elise Kaplan
Date: Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 4:34 PM
Subject: “Fake News” ? Advertising Disguised as News?

Miranda Viscoli should thank the Journal for its front-page advertising copy for her organization in the Sunday paper. What else to call the article titled “Youth and guns: A deadly mix” ?

Were any pro-Second Amendment organizations (NM Shooting Sports Association, NM Gun Collectors Assocation, Gun Owners of Mexico) contacted for this article? If not, WHY not?

From the article —

“Although anyone under 19 is barred from possessing or transporting a handgun in New Mexico, it’s clear many young people are ignoring the law.”

Imagine that — people willing to kill and maim others to get what they want won’t bother with filling out a Form 4473 with a federally-licensed gun dealer! Who would have expected that?

Anyone looking for loopholes in the gun laws need look no further.

Of course, none of this is stopping Keller from seeking $800,000 from the feds for a “Crime Gun Intelligence Center.” Because It Will Make A Difference (TM). So says Keller.

Nor is this stopping Viscoli from demanding more restrictions upon people who do NOT commit crimes with their firearms.

Never mind that statistics show that only 0.01% of firearms^[1] are used for freelance criminal activity^[2]. Viscoli is determined to infringe the liberty of the 99.99% of gun owners who do NOT commit criminal acts against other people.

As for the name of Viscoli’s organization — “New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence” (is this another Bloomberg-financed astroturf outfit?) — where can we find “New Mexicans to Prevent Knife Violence,” or “New Mexicans to Prevent Blunt-Object Violence”? Do these organizations (IF they exist at all) have Facebook Pages^[3]?

Or is the very phrase “gun violence” designed to instill a fear of firearms in people who aren’t gun owners?

FOR FURTHER REFERENCE

1. Albuquerque Journal — Youth and guns: A deadly mix by Elise Kaplan, Journal Staff Writer

NOTES

1. Gun Owners are the True 99 % – BOTE Math on American Gun-Related Deaths
2. “The State’s behavior is violence, and it calls its violence ‘law’; that of the individual, ‘crime.'”
   — Max Stirner, The Ego and Its Own
3. To answer the question: Apparently, such organizations (IF they exist) do NOT have Facebook pages –

   https://facebook.com/search/top/?q=new%20mexicans%20to%20prevent%20knife%20violence%20

   https://facebook.com/search/top/?q=new%20mexicans%20to%20prevent%20blunt-object%20violence%20

4. Reposted –
   1. Personal blogs and micro-blogs – Diaspora* / Ello / Facebook / Friendica / Gab / Google Plus / Liberty.Me / Minds / Oneway / Tea Party Community / Twitter / VK
   2. Duke City Pink Pistols Facebook group
   3. Freedom Rally Point New Mexico Facebook group
   4. Gun Owners of New Mexico Facebook group
   5. Independent Insights Facebook group
   6. New Mexico Gun Rights Facebook group
   7. New Mexico Lest We Forget (voter remorse) Facebook group
   8. New Mexico Libertarians Facebook group
   9. Pink Pistols – Albuquerque Facebook group