Write a blog entry. The stock option: write an anthropogical examination of the communicative conventions of a blogging or other online social media subculture (for example, mommyblogs, right-wing politics blogs, Harry Potter fanfic blogs, model railroader discussion boards, et cetera: seek out a group that your classmates might not be familiar with), investigating who the members of the group are, what types of language they use, what types of arguments they make, how they use media, and what types of messages are acceptable or unacceptable in the group.
Hello There
I am going to delve into a blog I am sure most of you aren’t familiar with. This is a blog about guns, accuracy, purchases, and what not, pretty much anything one can think about with respect to guns and ammo. Lets start with the type of people that write articles in the blog. The range of authors on this blog are quite substantial. There are young authors, in their 20’s as well as authors that are in their 50’2 and older. It just depends on who you are reading that day. For instance, I chose the article “Lee Loader Review— The Cheapest Way to Start Reloading Your Own Ammo” By Max Archer. He uses very neutral language through out his article, which can be read here http://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/lee-loader-review-how-to-do-basic-reloading/. He is within the age range of 30-40, so he isn’t some rambling senior citizen droning on and on about how Obama is taking our gun rights away. But he is going into depth about the very very basics of reloading your own ammo, which I do. He uses images, as well as he has embedded a video of him actually using the product he is reviewing and exploring. On another blog, whos author is simply named “Administrator” has a running multi-part blog entry about the M1-Garand. http://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/garands-from-the-government-ii-the-guns-arrive/
He uses very different language, and in one instance, he even says “Therefore, unless one of the geezers wants to come and comment here, and explain exactly from where that comment is derived, I am going to consider it a dead or non-issue.” This was with respect to his purchase and reviews on the CMP(civilian marksmanship program) in the M1-Garand department. As you can see, his language can be harsh at times, yet he has many readers, in fact; his first article about obtaining an M1’Garand had more than 45 thousand readers on the FIRST day it was published. He may be brash, but he is highly read.
As for the readers and commentators. The average comment consists of this “Wish we could have gotten all those returns from South Korea. Almost a million guns and most have been warehoused for decades.” T. Jefferson
But of course it is on the internet, the comments, with respect to the gun community always ALWAYS travel down the political realm as well as down the realm of conspiracy. For example, as “Mike from Virginia” explaing
“You really don’t want to know what happened to them. It would break your heart…..
But some made it out of S. Korea to the shores of Greece and Crete so they all didn’t go to waste.
but 80% of them were dumped in to the ocean when Obama decided not to sign the import authorization for them to come in to port in the USA. My nephew worked on a ship that was bringing back over 1000 of them in originally sealed post Korean war crates. They were ordered to toss the remainder of the crates over the side of the ship two days before making port in the USA. Made me sick to see the photos of them being tossed in to the sea.. Dam Obama wants to destroy everything decent in this country.
My gut tells me that this whole deal at the Sandy hook school was cooked up by the democrats to disarm American citizens. Why is it that the same week these children were shot the Social Security dept removed the right for anyone to view the national death index records database? They knew that people would want to see if any of these people were actually in fact dead. That would be the proof. Once you are declared dead a coroner have 48 hours to post the information to the Social security Administration for them to update the master death index. since this incident happened it has been closed to the public except to those paying to do extensive research on Ancestry .com. you cannot see anything newer than 1999. They say it’s to prevent identity theft. It’s all Bullsh*t.
Strange isn’t it?……”
People, well, those who own guns are usually very flagrant about their rights and their use of their guns and are brash about who can tell them what they can and cannot do with their guns. I, am of course a gun owner, I have 5 rifles my self and I am in the process of building my own Ar-15! OH GOD HE HAS AN ASSAULT RIFLE?!?!? Yes, Yes I will have an assault rifle soon, and No I wont be running around shooting up the school. Responsible gun owners aren’t these demons that popular media portrays us to be. We have legally purchased our arms and use them in a lawful manner. Just because you own a gun doesn’t mean you will commit evil acts.
Anyway, those are my thoughts on the gunsamerica blog, I hope you learned something about our culture and our love of guns.
Quin
Comments from last time.
Blogs I Commented on.
Ali M: http://amm356375.wordpress.com/2014/03/11/375-blog-post-6-stock/comment-page-1/#comment-34
Jesse P: http://jessepearsondtc375.wordpress.com/2014/03/12/blog-post-6/comment-page-1/#comment-8
Quin Robert 
I didn’t hear about those crates having to be dumped overboard. That seems stupid, why would we throw away perfectly good material. You’re view on the sandyhook shooting seems to compare with mine. I believe it was a hoax to disarm citizens just as you said. I’ve also heard rumors of the boston marathon bombings being a way to black list an ingredient used for making home made ammunition. That’s getting into a whole new world of conspiracy theories that I’ll save for later though.