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Gunscribe:
How many members read and post to this forum everyday? If everyone of them responded to the contact link I posted for the station we will have their attention. Businesses do not respond well to threats, especially seemingly empty ones. There will never be enough that will boycott an advertiser to make a difference to the bottom line.
greg58:
Hello, I watched your report on 3-20-2015 about LB635 and the public testamony for and against. I was at that public hearing and am upset with the tone of your report, your reporter gave much more airtime to the opponents of the bill than those supporting it. The comment by Amanda Gailey of Nebraskans Against Gun Violence insinuating that CHP holders who have gone thru extensive State background checks. Are "statistically prone to alcohol abuse" this is a sad statement from a desperate gun hater, and your station just lets that go by with no challenge or follow up. I would encourage your reporter to contact Rod Moeller President of Nebraska Firearm Owners Assn. a 7000+ member grass roots group of law abiding NE. gun owners, and allow him to refute Ms. Gailey's comment. I am curious if your station has investigated the number of members in Ms. Gailey's group? I would speculate less than 100. A little "fair and balanced" reporting will go far with this viewer.
Thank You, Greg Sxxxx, Valley NE.
I sent this to KETV today,
Greg58
Lmbass14:
Here's the video.
http://www.ketv.com/politics/bill-would-allow-concealed-weapons-inside-bars/31932626
OnTheFly:
My message sent...
--- Quote ---I watched the KETV report from March 20, 2015 titled “Bill would allow concealed weapons inside bars”. As a Second Amendment rights advocate, I was very interested in seeing an unbiased and fact checked report by KETV. Unfortunately, the story that was presented was full of unchecked facts, unfounded predictions of doom and misconceptions reported as fact. From the very beginning when the story was introduced, the contempt for the bill was clearly expressed in the anchor’s tone of voice.
The representative from Nebraskan’s Against Gun Violence stated “I believe it is foolish to invite a class of people who are statistically more likely to abuse alcohol to carry guns into bars”. I am curious if this was fact checked by KETV because this is quite a bold statement. If KETV had done any research, your reporters would have found that holders of a concealed carry permit are statistically far less likely to commit a crime. Furthermore, there is no known correlation between concealed carry permit holders and alcoholism. At best this is a prejudiced stereotype that many anti-gun people want to persist.
Another aspect of the story which shows KETV’s bias was the division of air time. There was considerably more air time given to those against the bill than there was for it. There was more time given to those in opposition, including the insulting rants of Senator Chambers who gave the Omaha police department a verbal slap in the face, than was given to the three individuals who spoke in support of the bill.
I don’t watch the news for confirmation bias in favor of my beliefs, but I do expect that yours and other “News” agencies not inject their own bias, that equal air time is given to those on both sides of the issue, and that they fact check any statements made.
In short. What was presented was not news. It was not reporting. It was a presentation of an opinion.
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Dan W:
I received a reply from Mr. Ozaki
--- Quote ---Thank you for your comments.
I am sorry you felt the story was biased. I try to be fair and accurate. And present both sides of an issue.
The figures Ms Gailey referred to was from a Injury Prevention study, That is a medical peer review journal. The study indicated gun owners who felt the need to carry their weapons out side of their homes for protection were twice as likely to binge drink. Or drink and drive .
I did not cite the study or the fact Senator Patty Pansing-Brooks specifically questioned where that study came from.
Which Ms Gailey responded and cited the research information.
That might have been helpful to viewers I had reported that full information so they could weigh the credibility of the source of the study
Your point is well taken.
Andrew Ozaki KETV Omaha
Please feel free to contact me if you have a have any further questions my direct number is4024308267
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My response
--- Quote --- "The study indicated gun owners who felt the need to carry their weapons out side of their homes for protection were twice as likely to binge drink. Or drink and drive"
That might be relevant if we are talking all gun owners as a whole, but the subject was specifically concealed handgun permit holders, that as a group, are much less likely to commit a crime than any other .
From Gunfacts.com
Fact: People with concealed carry permits are:
5.7 times less likely to be arrested for violent offenses than the general public
13.5 times less likely to be arrested for non-violent offenses than the general public 21
21. An Analysis of the Arrest Rate of Texas Concealed Carry Handgun License Holders as Compared to the Arrest Rate of the Entire Texas Population, William E. Sturdevant, PE, September 11, 1999
From Crime Prevention Research Center 2014
John R. Lott, Jr.
President
johnrlott@crimeresearch.org
484-802-5373
How law-abiding are permit holders?
One extremely easy fact to get information on is how law-abiding permit holders
are. Much of the existing public discussion on crimes committed by permit
holders in the media involves a report by the Violence Policy Center.
Unfortunately, that report contains many inaccuracies as it often double or triple
counts cases that shouldn’t even be counted as crimes or problems with guns to
begin with.
Consider the two large states at the front of the current debate, Florida and
Texas: Both states provide easy web access to detailed records of permit holders.
During over two decades, from October 1, 1987 to May 31, 2014, Florida has
issued permits to more than 2.64 million people, with the average person holding
a permit for more than a decade. Few -- 168 (about 0.006%) -- have had their
permits revoked for any type of firearms related violation, the most common
being accidentally carrying a concealed handgun into a gun-free zone such as a
school or an airport, not threats or acts of violence. It is an annual rate of 0.0002
percent.
The already low revocation rate has been declining over time. Over the last 77
months from January 2008 through May 2014, just 4 permits have been revoked
for firearms-related violations. With an average of about 875,000 active permit
holders per year during those years, the annual revocation rate for firearms
related violations is 0.00007 percent – 7 one hundred thousandths of one
percentage point.
For all revocations, the annual rate in Florida is 0.012 percent.
The numbers are similarly low in Texas. In 2012, the latest year that crime data
are available, there were 584,850 active license holders.4 Out of these, 120 were
convicted of either a misdemeanor or a felony, a rate of 0.021 percent, with only
a few of these crimes involving a gun.
The Florida numbers can easily be compared to data on firearms violations by
police officers during the three years from January 1, 2005 through December 31,
2007. During that time period, the annual rate of such violations by police was
at least 0.007 percent. That is higher than the rate for permit holders in Florida.
The police data on total annual offenses also provide a direct comparison for
Florida and Texas. The rate of all crimes committed by police is 0.124 percent – a
number about 6 times higher than the rate for in Texas and about 10 times higher
than for Florida.
Source
http://crimepreventionresearchcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Concealed-Carry-Permit-Holders-Across-the-United-States.pdf
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