{"id":7949,"date":"2014-01-06T21:10:51","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T21:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramworks.net\/blog\/?p=7949"},"modified":"2014-11-14T14:08:58","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T14:08:58","slug":"gunwriters-are-idiots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/gunwriters-are-idiots\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunwriters are Idiots"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Your resident, idiot gun writer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The wonderful thing about the Internet is that one tactard can take the position of an expert and claim another one an idiot and since no one can walk up to him and slap the narcissistic smile off his face, no harm no foul. Well, not so fast.<\/p>\n

A post on the Active Response Training web site by someone named Greg Ellifritz<\/a> states, rather blatantly, that \u201cMost gunwriters are idiots.\u201d He goes on to say, \u201cThe majority are writers who have an interest in shooting.\u00a0 They aren\u2019t shooters who have an interest in writing. \u00a0(How would he know this unless he has met “most” gun writers and had a conversation with them?) There is a big difference between those two types of people\u2026 I\u2019ve had several well known gunwriters as students over the years and I\u2019ve been universally unimpressed with their performance.\u201d<\/p>\n

(If you are a gunwriter and have taken a class from this fellow, please stand up and be recognized.)<\/p>\n

Mr. Ellifritz seems particularly disturbed by an article penned by Jim Higginbotham<\/a> discussing handgun stopping power. Now, I have never met Mr. Ellifritz or Mr. Higginbothan but I don\u2019t really need to read Mr. Higginbothan\u2019s article and I\u2019m pretty sure I don\u2019t want to take a class from Mr. Ellifritz.<\/p>\n

Why?<\/p>\n

First things first, there is no such thing as handgun stopping power as it is often discussed so why waste your time trying to discredit theories relating to something that does not exist. It\u2019s like arguing if Batman is straight or gay. Pointless. Definitively quantifying the difference in the ability of a 9mm or a .45 to bring about incapacitation is like trying to prove which tastes better, a Snickers or a Milky Way. This is why I tend to lean toward the better than average concept<\/a> with regard to defensive handgun ammunition and good shot placement.<\/p>\n

Secondly, any man who makes a statement to the effect that most gun writers are idiots is obviously not someone who I want to spend any time around because I will not respect him and he will not respect me. Are some gun writers idiots? For sure! Just like some tactard trainers.\u00a0(Like I’ve said before, the further you get from Gunsite Academy<\/a>, the less faith you can have in your training.)<\/p>\n

I will say that I agree with Mr. Ellifritz with regard to there not being \u201cmuch\u201d difference between service caliber handguns but I don\u2019t think he and I will be drinking a beer together and celebrating our common ground very soon.<\/p>\n

First he is going to have to apologize. Not to me but to a bunch of other folks; some who were writing about guns before he was wiping his ass. Folks like Jeff Cooper, Craig Boddington, Finn Aaggard, John Barness, Jim Wilson, Dick Williams, Wiley Clapp, Ned Roberts, Skeeter Skelton and his son Bart, Elmer Keith, Bill Jordan, John Haviland, Ron Spomer, Bryce Towsley, Jim Cirrilo\u2026shall I go on?<\/p>\n

It also seems somewhat ironic that a guy would write a gun article<\/strong><\/em> and claim that most gun writers are idiots<\/strong><\/em> and then at the bottom of his article say, \u201cIf you don\u2019t want to miss any more articles like this, sign up for my email updates.\u201d<\/p>\n

One thing\u2019s for sure, the best way to get attention on the Internet is to be negative about someone or something. I try to avoid doing that but, I guess the idiot in me is coming out. Well, Mr. Ellifritz, you have the world\u2019s attention. What now?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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