GunsAmerica Runs Aground

By now most have seen the Italian Cruise Ship lying on its side in shallow water. A horrific disaster reminding all of us that even when we think we are safely in deep water it doesn't take much to end up on the beach. Aground.

Such is the case with GunsAmerica.com, an insignificant website which, like the afore mentioned cruise ship, is aground. No, not in water or bankruptcy but something far worse. GunsAmerica.com is foundering in a sea of internet justice. Why? Here.  And Here.

Never Visit GunsAmerica Again

SayUncle put a link up to comments by a laggard from GunsAmerica about bloggers who show up to the SHOT show and how there should be a way to filter through, in his mind, those who are serious and those who want free stuff.

To say it was a stupid thing to say is easy. To take it further, what if manufacturers only started inviting "real" writers. Say people who have been published in print and belong to professional organizations like The Society of Professional Journalists or the Authors Guild? That would leave out most gunbloggers, period.

See, this is what happens when a small cadre of people begin to think they speak for the rest. It's the leftist issue all over again but this time from a gunbloggers point of view.

So who SHOULD gun manufacturers invite? How about who ever the hell they want to invite. Bloggers, writers, journalists...the bottom line is that many excellent gun blogs are only read by serious shooters so numbers mean little with respect to quality. They do mean something with respect to exposure so why not invite both?

I'll discuss it more in a very heated podcast tonight at 6:00 pm.