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Subject: [Leica] CNN Photo Essay
From: mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist)
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:19:48 -0800
References: <CA+yJO1D=R=zfJTFQQjHCEHmDcAh4awgp3_q3+8spOnLbHOsTNQ@mail.gmail.com> <1DAC028E-857B-4617-9714-36E06113A93F@mac.com> <005001ce0cad$bde43c10$39acb430$@cox.net> <79BA87E8-0BC0-47A1-9937-EF75C8269107@teleport.com> <005701ce0cb5$8bc4d6b0$a34e8410$@cox.net>

Heck you can pick up a used 12ga or 20 ga and a 5 gallon bucket of shells 
for less than a couple M Lens Caps
On Feb 16, 2013, at 6:21 PM, Ken Carney wrote:

> Well,  at least one good thing from the current flap is that the skeet
> shooting fiasco renewed my interest.  And, I find, one can buy
> skeet/sporting clays guns with stocks adjustable for lefties like me.  Some
> more research, then photos at 11.  And, we are talking about one-half the
> cost of an M.  Or a little more.
> 
> Ken
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Mark
> Kronquist
> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 8:02 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Cc: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] CNN Photo Essay
> 
> My day job is VP of the largest firearms manufacturer in the West US.  
> Calico Light Weapon Systems.  I do use the term going out on a shoot
> carefully.
> 
> Re Blog woman.  What the heck was her point? Hyperbole. Horse pucky.   
> Maybe as close to 15 min of fame as she can get
> 
> Guns cameras pens are tools.  Not objects of veneration.
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On Feb 16, 2013, at 5:25 PM, "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote:
> 
>> Right.  Kyle's book is excellent because, among other things, you can 
>> view
>> the images in whatever context you wish, without editorial content.   
>> Not to
>> mention the photography.  After I received my first copy, I ordered 
>> some light stands, remote triggers and all that, but obviously I need 
>> a class or many classes.  The CNN essay seems contrived,  or at least 
>> if I saw someone shooting a picture of herself on a range I might make 
>> a phone call....
>> 
>> Ken
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
>> George Lottermoser
>> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 7:11 PM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] CNN Photo Essay
>> 
>> I wouldn't refer to this as a photo essay.
>> It seems to me a mildly interesting news report on mildly interesting 
>> art project; made mildly more interesting because "guns and gun 
>> violence" is front and center in the main stream media. Kyle's book is 
>> also receiving renewed interest with new interviews, etc.
>> 
>> 
>> a note off the iPad, George
>> 
>> On Feb 16, 2013, at 5:26 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> PESO:
>>> 
>>> CNN has had some dumb photo essays but this one takes the cake:
>>> 
>>> http://cnnphotos.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/15/a-girl-and-her-guns/? 
>>> hpt=hp_
>>> c2
>>> 
>>> Be sure to read all of the blurb.
>>> 
>>> Tina
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Tina Manley, ASMP
>>> www.tinamanley.com
>>> 
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