{"id":4851,"date":"2011-01-21T21:50:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T21:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2011\/01\/21\/astroturfing-by-thinkprogress\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:13:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:13:05","slug":"astroturfing-by-thinkprogress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=4851","title":{"rendered":"Astroturfing By ThinkProgress"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:18269,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/thinkprogress.org\\\/2011\\\/01\\\/21\\\/gun-clips-self-defense&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20110503174604\\\/http:\\\/\\\/thinkprogress.org\\\/2011\\\/01\\\/21\\\/gun-clips-self-defense\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 20:14:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 20:14:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2011\/01\/21\/gun-clips-self-defense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reporters from ThinkProgress,<\/a> which is the lefty website for the Center for American Progress Action Fund, attended the SHOT Show this week. They were trolling for people who would say that standard capacity magazines were not needed for self-defense. As might be expected in an edited video, they found the answers they wanted. I imagine this clip will be shown to Congressional staffers and wavering Representatives in an effort to pass HR 308.<\/p>\n<p>You have to wonder how many of the people answering the question realized that they were being used. It points out just how tricky it can be dealing with the press and advocacy groups.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>ThinkProgress attended the SHOT Show convention in Las Vegas this week \u2014 \u201cthe largest and most comprehensive trade show for all professionals involved with the shooting sports and hunting industries\u201d \u2014 and asked many attendees if they thought these types of clips are necessary for self-defense. Most we talked to concurred, \u201cNot really\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>TP: Do you think that for self defense purposes it matters whether you have 10 or 15 rounds in your magazine?<\/p>\n<p>ATTENDEE 1: Probably not. No probably not. Honestly. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>ATTENDEE 2: It takes one shot to kill. \u2026 Anything more than one shot is excessive. I mean if someone is breaking in to your house at a panic you\u2019re might going to shoot him once. You\u2019re not going to empty your load on him while they\u2019re lying on your kitchen floor. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>TP: If someone were to use a gun for self protection purposes, would they need 10, 30 rounds?<\/p>\n<p>ATTENDEE 3: No, I hope not. I don\u2019t know why. If ten rounds of ammunition can\u2019t do the job you probably shouldn\u2019t own a gun. I don\u2019t want to live next to that guy. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"youtube-player\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7VCF6dvGNVo\" title=\"YouTube video player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reporters from ThinkProgress, which is the lefty website for the Center for American Progress Action Fund, attended the SHOT&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2205],"class_list":["post-4851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-center-for-american-progress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6183,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4851\/revisions\/6183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}