A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦

Author, Arms: the Culture & Credo of the Gun, Combat Camera. Notoriously bad typist. US: Canada:

[A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦 @ajsomerset]

Some of you may remember my research project into the efficacy of Tactical Socks.

These socks have reached the end of their service life & I can now report on this important research.

[A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦 @ajsomerset]

Naturally I had to buy these socks and will be testing to determine what tactical advantages they provide.

[A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦 @ajsomerset]

This person purports to be a serious commentator.

Of all the things we might hope all journalists would know, this is what matters? A course on safe handling that conveys a superficial knowledge of the law?

[Jen Gerson @jengerson]

I've made this argument before. I think all Canadian journalists should do a PAL course even if they don't get a license. It's actually a really good opportunity to understand our gun laws, which most of us, frankly, don't.

[A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦 @ajsomerset]

@AnnieClaireBO Unable to DM you b/c limiting DMs is apparently part of X strategy to get people to pay for premium.

I followed you, you should now be able to DM me

[A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦 @ajsomerset]

Some of you may remember my research project into the efficacy of Tactical Socks.

These socks have reached the end of their service life & I can now report on this important research.

[A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦 @ajsomerset]

Naturally I had to buy these socks and will be testing to determine what tactical advantages they provide.

[A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦 @ajsomerset]

@_SeanHyndman If they measured it that way, and likely the crown would be no smarter, then the owner would get put thru the wringer, yes

This kind of thing already happens. I'm sure if we were to ask Ian Runkle he could give us examples

[A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦 @ajsomerset]

NFA lobbyist replies to my post of yesterday, alluding to a 4 gauge shotgun banned in 2020....

Nobody uses 4 ga shotguns to hunt upland birds.

It was already illegal to use a 4 ga for waterfowl hunting: Migratory Birds Regulations 37 (1) (c)

You can't make these people up

[Tom Mavin @Feral999]

I bet he is using his "Webley and Scott Wild Fowl Gun," which is banned. @CanadasNFA

[A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦 @ajsomerset]

@Chrossphyre @winnipegsun My argument is that people who profess to care about accurate reporting on guns ought to be just as eager to correct this.

Let me know if you have further problems with reading comprehension.

[A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦 @ajsomerset]

The anti-control folks eagerly leap on every little media mistake on guns ... when it suits them.

The photo here? The guns we use to hunt upland birds over dogs are not being banned.

No corrections. How very odd.
https://t.co/2NIiMMceyS via @winnipegsun

[A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦 @ajsomerset]

@TorontoGunMap @ConBGone This is missing the point.

The point was that people are awfully selective about calling out misinformation.

[A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦 @ajsomerset]

@Cager_CA @winnipegsun I don't want to hear about your secret fantasies, dude

[A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦 @ajsomerset]

@ConBGone @SportsmanOn Don't waste your time. This guy responded to me by listing six 8 gauge shotguns and a kiln gun as examples of guns used to hunt upland birds.

Google what a kiln gun is.... 🙄

[A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦 @ajsomerset]

@stickboy55 @winnipegsun It would be neat if anything you said actually addressed anything I said

[A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦 @ajsomerset]

@fantail49834087 @winnipegsun Both prohib under Criminal Code s. 84, "prohibited firearm" (b) (i), i.e., OAL < 660 mm.

That's unchanged since at least January 2003, oldest version of Criminal Code online.

Two possibilities here:
I'm not as dumb as you think I am.
You're not as smart as you think you are.

[A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦 @ajsomerset]

@ConBGone I for one am shocked to discover that a column by Brian Lilley was less than 100% accurate

[A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦 @ajsomerset]

@Feral999 @winnipegsun 4 ga. My bad.

[A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦 @ajsomerset]

@Feral999 @winnipegsun Yes indeed, lots of people using 8 ga guns these days 🙄

[A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦 @ajsomerset]

@Feral999 @winnipegsun Go look at my profile pic. My dog, my gun, my hand holding the woodcock.

Now fuck off.

[A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦 @ajsomerset]

@springfield_m14 @winnipegsun Ah, yes. The M1, so commonly used to hunt pheasants over a GSP

[A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦 @ajsomerset]

@CanWats11 @winnipegsun You're still bullshitting.

[A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦 @ajsomerset]

@CanWats11 @winnipegsun Tube fed semis are also commonly used for upland hunting. Box-fed guns are not.

Who are you trying to kid?

[A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦 @ajsomerset]

@CanWats11 @winnipegsun Also, whether certain guns ought to be banned is not the question here. My post concerned the spread of misinformation regarding which guns actually were banned.

Let's try to keep the goalposts in one place, shall we?

[A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦 @ajsomerset]

@CanWats11 @winnipegsun Lots of people hunt upland birds with pumps, for half the price of the Derya Typhoon.

I don't own a $4,000 O/U.

I guess you don't know much about shotguns, huh?

[A.J. Somerset 🇺🇦 @ajsomerset]

@CanWats11 @winnipegsun Box fed semi auto shotguns are not commonly used for upland hunting.