Here's the Arkansas Times attempting to defend itself.
http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkans..._gun_beat.aspx
If you don't know anything about Max Brantley, there's one thing which will become very apparent very quickly, if you have any dealings with him at all.
He is a master, and I do mean a gilt-edged, leather-bound, wax-sealed and printed on unborn-wolf-pup-skin-parchment certified master of the art of ******* down your back and telling you that it's actually raining.
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