tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post2827010159534216750..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Double Header: CES and SHOTSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-12063616689745295502012-01-16T19:55:19.172-05:002012-01-16T19:55:19.172-05:00Anon 1135 - thanks for that info. I know the show...Anon 1135 - thanks for that info. I know the show is for professionals, but I don't know all of what that means. <br /><br />Taylor - I've been treated to a few "Tam-alanches" and she moves a tremendous amount of traffic. I wouldn't doubt what you say in the least. Come to think of it, I think she's writing for one of the gun mags, now.SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-11466127891507978842012-01-16T11:45:57.449-05:002012-01-16T11:45:57.449-05:00Well, actually, I got into SHOT as neither a "...Well, actually, I got into SHOT as neither a "journalist" or a blogger: I'm an NRA-Certified Instructor and Range Safety Officer who teaches and RSOs at my club and was looking for training aids and training programs. That happens to include: suitable firearms for use with my students, gun security products that are suitable and reasonably-enough priced for my students to secure their firearms, publication info that I can recommend to my students (special thanks to Concealed Carry magazine!) and accessories that my students might find useful. <br /><br />SHOT welcomed me, and I appreciated that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-15891251319219369312012-01-16T09:31:17.598-05:002012-01-16T09:31:17.598-05:00You kidding me? Im sure Tam knows enough people to...You kidding me? Im sure Tam knows enough people to breeze into SHOT like a Queen Bee into the Hive. I have no doubt that her daily viewers outnumber Mr. Helinski's by some factor with one or two zeros attached at the end.<br /><br />If I was a gun manufacturer, I would MUCH rather have an "its serviceable and accurate" from Tam than a gushing review from any dead tree rag.taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095443665875468817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-11775237475877167652012-01-15T17:31:52.472-05:002012-01-15T17:31:52.472-05:00Just another step to having only "Authorized ...Just another step to having only "Authorized Journalists" being the "Only Ones" who'll get First Amendment protection....drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-10052465685954228082012-01-15T14:22:35.833-05:002012-01-15T14:22:35.833-05:00So much for GunsAmerica - I won't bother to vi...So much for GunsAmerica - I won't bother to visit any longer.<br /><br />Kerodin<br />IIIKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17465944474238091234noreply@blogger.com