I guess I simply disagree on a lot of your points though. You're right that your ties to this forum and the Rohrbaugh company were noted. So I guess this was the magazine's poor choice (my opinion) in having someone who couldn't be impartial do this particular "review". I know we're human, and its very tough to be impartial, but when reviewing something its best to try and keep a neutral mindset. You say that a review by its nature is opinion, but I disagree. If I only prefer Beretta, then its best that I don't do a review on a 92F because I'm biased...plain and simple. If I hate Fords, never owned one, will never buy one, then I shouldn't do a review of an F150. Why shouldn't I do these reviews? Because I'm already biased going into the situation, therefore I can't do a quality review in regards to keeping myself neutral.
And you say that I have a "perceived bias" of you regarding the R-9, but its apparent and present. I don't know how you can argue this one. Just because you post notice of your affiliations, mention the high price, and say the gun has a tough take-down procedure doesn't equal being unbiased. Speaking of the gun having a difficult take-down, I don't think that should be counted in the negative column anyways. Take-down ease should be considered the dead last issue when developing a gun, there are MUCH more important things to worry about.
What facts are there to support that Gun Tests is not impartial? I know they screwed up a bunch of facts, and compared the gun to a PM9 (maybe not a true pocket gun), but does that mean they are not impartial? If a jury sits down, listens to a case, discusses it, and comes to a verdict w/o introducing their own biases (or try honestly not to), is the verdict not impartial because they misinterpreted a rule of law? Or are they not impartial because they wrote a generally negative review, about a gun which you HIGHLY support?
Looking at the big picture, no one with a shred of intelligence should base their opinion of a product on any one review alone. Several sources should be used, looked at, and a choice will be made based on probability.