[Desertdog]

OK, before I start, I know it would probably be spam, so let's figure out how to make it not spam.

If you are on the internet you normally get lots of forwarded emails, for things such as missing children, forward this and it will bring good luck, and many other things including ads.

Since it is possible to reach large numbers of people if things are forwarded, why can't we start forwarding pro-gun articles and facts, to the people on our mailing list.

Or take up donations and use one of those emailing services.

If we always tell the truth it would inform the uninformed and maybe we could get ahead faster.

One example to send out the BOR and emphasis how the 2nd Amendment protects all the other rights.

Another example is to send news articles of people using firearms for self defense.

Just an idea. Comments anyone?

[Jim March]

SPAM isn't the answer. No way, no how, not ever.

:cuss:

[BrokenPaw]

Just my humble[0] opinion:

When I get a spam e-mail soliciting a random product, I delete it. When I get one from a company I have done business with, I find myself less inclined to do business with them in the future. When I get one related to a cause, I find myself automatically inclined to support the other side, just out of spite.

I don't actually do this; it's more of a gut reaction that I quell and move past, but the reaction is there.

I think that people are fed up enough with unsolicited bulk e-mail that to send them such for a cause that we care about would be, at best, unproductive. At worst, it would be counter-productive.

And in Virginia, it'd be a felony. :rolleyes:

-BP

[0] So to speak

[StLGlocker]

Three reasons to steer clear of spamming (unsolicited bulk email)

1. Your messages, for the most part, will get deleted unread along with the other 100 spams the user got today. Additionally, you may raise the ire of the BOFH's who run SPEWS and other e-mail blacklists. Check out the newsgroup news.admin.net-abuse.email - get on these guys' s***-list for spamming, and you will have one heck of a time getting off it.

2. You may run into trouble with your internet service provider - look closely at your user agreement with them, and you'll probably see a no-spamming clause. It may also be illegal depending on where you live.

3. Most importantly, people almost universally hate spam. Yes, there is some goober out there who actually replies to ads and buys product from the people promising to 'enlarge his manhood', but it just ticks the other 99% of email users off. Do you want to associate pro-gun politics with a practice as reviled as spamming?

Unsolicited bulk email will NOT win any new friends of the 2nd amendment.
[/I-hate-spam rant]

Now, if you're just talking about forwarding pro-gun sentiments to [I]family, friends and people you know, that's different. At best, you might win a few converts, and at worst they can tell you not to send the stuff.