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2013-03-11 Home Front: Culture Wars

The Times writer had to have searched far and wide for the most unappealing anti-gun gun owners on the planet and found two living in the same household in Washington state. From TFA:
Mr. Kundu is a master marksman from rural Washington who owns pistols and assault rifles for self-defense, all while claiming to detest the presence of guns in his life and in the broader American culture.

"I'd love to see all guns destroyed," he said. "But I'm not giving up mine first."
The link in the title points to a refutation of the bonifides of the individuals in the Times article:
This is not the first time Kundu has been in the media pitching himself as a self-hating, anti-hunting gun owner. CNN has taken the bait too.

So who is Michael Kundu?

Well, he was School Board President for Marysville School District who ended up in hot water in the past for writing a racist e-mail as a school board president. Also, as School Board President, he attempted to censor dissenting viewpoints on global warming from being discussed in schools.
You mean that didn't make the Times article?
Perhaps more telling, Kundu's associated with Sea Shepherd, who were recently declared pirates by the 9th Circuit:

Johnston's 1997 stock donation included shares of a company named Northern Development Associates, a for-profit business which is now 100-percent owned by Sea Shepherd.

Corporate records show that the company's officers include Watson's ex-wife Lisa DiStefano and longtime associate Michael Kundu.

Sea Shepherd's own web site says he was Pacific Northwest coordinator for the group in 1997. You can see a profile of him here. Additionally, his activities have earned him the ire of native Americans.
As the blogger notes:
How stupid does the New York Times think we all are?
A gross enough adverb has yet to be invented, I suspect
And are we to believe that no one at CNN, or the New York Times, are aware that the new, moderate voice of gun ownership is in fact a radical activist with a group that has been accused of engaging in piracy on the high seas? There is nothing ordinary or moderate about this guy.

Posted by badanov 2013-03-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [18 views ] Top

#1 Get rid of Guns, and we'd all use crossbows, No gain.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2013-03-11 00:27|| 2013-03-11 00:27|| Front Page Top

#2 ...next they'll come for your Pop Tarts.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-03-11 08:40|| 2013-03-11 08:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Mr. Kundu, the competitive sharpshooter, agreed. Ive always thought the Second Amendment is secondary to everyone being able to feel safe and secure in their lives.

Heh, thats what NYTs considers as the unexplored middle ground viewpoint.

Posted by DepotGuy 2013-03-11 08:48|| 2013-03-11 08:48|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't know about you but I am stocking up on .45 ACP and .45 Long Colt Ammo myself.

If this mess doesn't get straightened out pretty soon, the State of California will be Dodge City or Tombstone in another year.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2013-03-11 10:52|| 2013-03-11 10:52|| Front Page Top

#5 Mr. Kundu, the competitive sharpshooter, agreed. "I've always thought the Second Amendment is secondary to everyone being able to feel safe and secure in their lives."

What's missing here is that Mr. Kundu and his ilk get to define for you and me what it takes to feel safe and secure in their lives. For me, the idea that patriotic men & women around the country are armed makes me feel much safer & more secure then I would being at the mercy of the Black Shirts & Brown Shirts that would support the wannabe tyrants in Washington.

Just one more claim that shows what people like this really don't like is the idea of OTHER people having freedom to live as they like.

Posted by Alanc 2013-03-11 12:49|| 2013-03-11 12:49|| Front Page Top

#6 The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data.'

In a nation of 300+ million could you find a crackpot like this? Sure. Does that imply anything at all in a wider sense? Of course not. Even a NYT reader should know that.

Posted by Iblis 2013-03-11 13:56|| 2013-03-11 13:56|| Front Page Top

#7 "Even a NYT reader should know that."

A normal person will know that, Iblis.

I wouldn't bet the farm on regular NYT readers, though. After all, if they had any logic, they wouldn't be regular NYT readers.

Posted by Barbara 2013-03-11 14:18|| 2013-03-11 14:18|| Front Page Top

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