lionking
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I have little doubt in my mind that this last shooting was the tipping point. Gun control was left silent during the last election and it seemed we had things on our side going our way overall.
Firearm ownership was up, politicians were silent about legislation believing it was detriment to their career. That changed Friday. There will be open calls for bans, the media and the anti gun people are going to use any means they can truthful or not to push for it. Obama if you read between the lines is going to push for it now " we must put politics aside and stop this from happening anymore" is a way he put it.
The anti gun people and media are going to slander us, they are going to use propaganda to the mainstream people who generally support gun ownership but not completely.
We must fight back smartly and with the right choices of words. They are going to attempt to make us look like we care more about guns than children. They are going to portray us as having no heart. They are going to call us "gun nuts". They are going to portray us as being paranoid against government when we mention the 2nd amendment is fundamentally for fighting against a tyrannical government.
The on fence voters and people can be easily swayed by this slander and we must use calm logic while counteracting the claims we are cold hearted. We must show that we care about the future and lives of people and children also. We must expose their lies when they use one.
Sound bites like " guns don't kill people, people do" won't go over well to the on the fence voter. Claiming you need your guns to fight a potential tyrannical government either. What may make them think though is while police do the best they can they can't always protect you, as the saying goes when seconds count the cops are minutes away.
Telling people a AR-15 isn't a assault rifle because it isn't selective fire won't help our argument either, on the fence voters really don't care about technical specifics. But when the anti's claim no upstanding citizen would use one other than to kill we must show the general populace how such firearms are used in competition and hunting events.
In 1992 we didn't have the internet like we do now. Clinton, the politicians and the media along with Hollywood had pretty much free reign to spew their lies and propaganda. At least this time we have more of a voice, more channels to counteract the propaganda, I hope we use it wisely.
Firearm ownership was up, politicians were silent about legislation believing it was detriment to their career. That changed Friday. There will be open calls for bans, the media and the anti gun people are going to use any means they can truthful or not to push for it. Obama if you read between the lines is going to push for it now " we must put politics aside and stop this from happening anymore" is a way he put it.
The anti gun people and media are going to slander us, they are going to use propaganda to the mainstream people who generally support gun ownership but not completely.
We must fight back smartly and with the right choices of words. They are going to attempt to make us look like we care more about guns than children. They are going to portray us as having no heart. They are going to call us "gun nuts". They are going to portray us as being paranoid against government when we mention the 2nd amendment is fundamentally for fighting against a tyrannical government.
The on fence voters and people can be easily swayed by this slander and we must use calm logic while counteracting the claims we are cold hearted. We must show that we care about the future and lives of people and children also. We must expose their lies when they use one.
Sound bites like " guns don't kill people, people do" won't go over well to the on the fence voter. Claiming you need your guns to fight a potential tyrannical government either. What may make them think though is while police do the best they can they can't always protect you, as the saying goes when seconds count the cops are minutes away.
Telling people a AR-15 isn't a assault rifle because it isn't selective fire won't help our argument either, on the fence voters really don't care about technical specifics. But when the anti's claim no upstanding citizen would use one other than to kill we must show the general populace how such firearms are used in competition and hunting events.
In 1992 we didn't have the internet like we do now. Clinton, the politicians and the media along with Hollywood had pretty much free reign to spew their lies and propaganda. At least this time we have more of a voice, more channels to counteract the propaganda, I hope we use it wisely.