Journalists’ guide to guns – updated
In an update to this, a lot of good resources from comments:
Volokh’s he Journalist’s Guide to Gun Policy Scholars and Second Amendment Scholars
And, of course, Wikipedia.
Update: How could I forget Gun Facts.
Update: Another one.
December 11th, 2007 at 11:50 am
Guncite has been a great resource for a long time.
December 11th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
http://gunfacts.info/
INTRODUCTION: Gun Facts is a free e-book that debunks common myths about gun control. It is intended as a reference guide for journalists, activists, politicians, and other people interested in restoring honesty to the debate about guns, crime, and the 2nd Amendment.
Gun Facts has 89 pages of information. Divided into chapters based on gun control topics (assault weapons, ballistic finger printing, firearm availability, etc.), finding information is quick and easy.
Each chapter lists common gun control myths, then lists a number of documented and cited facts that directly dispute the gun control claim. Thus when a neighbor, editor, or politician repeats some slogan propagated by gun control advocacy groups, you can quickly find that myth, then rebuke.
December 11th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
I think you missed this one: actually hosted on a major copyediting resource website. There’s no excuse for ignorance.
December 11th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
Whether using Google, Yahoo, or Live Search, if you query “gun dictionary” you get Joe’s site at the top of the list:
http://boomershoot.org/general/GunDict.htm
Please notice also his “Media Info” links at the top left, including the “Scary Words” link. He also invites anyone who is interested to an interview with us.
Fact is, any brand new, C-minus, junior high school level internet user can find this stuff with only the slightest effort, proving that if they cared about getting their facts right, even one tiny little bit, they’d have been doing it already.