gcrtkd
09-26-2007, 08:17 PM
I'm skipping this post over from the "Unlimited budget to antagonize" http://64.151.69.37/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=69948 thread to see if we can separate it from the posts such as: "I would buy a jet pack and dress up as Santa Claus. Then I'd slide down every anti-CCW sheriff's chimney to leave a lump of coal in his stocking."
Hey Guys--
I was driving to work the other day thinking about some of the things posted in the "Unlimited budget to antagonize" thread and I started wondering why we CalGunners don't take full advantage of the power of the internet to further our strong beliefs in personal responsibility and the 2nd Ammendment by beginning a series of audio and video podcasts to further the cause. It is mentioned in the thread that with an unlimited budget we would like to do things like start radio and television advertising campaigns and get our message out there. We don't actually have to have a lot of money to do this. All that this "Army of Davids" needs is a little technological know-how, some relatively inexpensive equipment, free time, and a coherent message and strategy to drive the movement forward. I've watched the videos both pro and anti-2A on YouTube, and I've found firearms-related podcasts on iTunes, but we could make our own Internet Free California (a la Radio Free Europe) to strengthen our community and make our message heard. We all know what sorts of topics we should talk about... just about everything in http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...ad.php?t=70244 needs to be covered. We should begin by setting the stage and getting the message out about the Supreme Court decisions that say that the police have no responsibility to protect any individual. Then we should move on to discuss how, as time went on, the tools and thus the right to defend ourselves have been legislated away. Moving on, we should go on to deliver the message that the only system that makes any sense is one in which we, as individuals, take responsibility for our actions and for our protection and the protection of our families and property.
A couple of notes of caution however... Firstly, we must be careful not to come off as the "crazy" trigger-happy killers that anti-gun people think us to be. We should dress/speak as the responsible, professional, citizens we are and we should emphasize that guns are simply a facet of our lives (be they for duck hunting, keeping the government responsible to the people, for law enforcement, paper target shooting, etc., etc.), rather than our sole purpose for our being.
We should definitely focus our message on a few things: 1) Keeping and bearing arms is a fundamental right of Americans recognized, not granted, by the Constitution; 2) Guns save lives; and 3) Gun laws don't work because criminals don't follow them and they make criminals out of the good guys. We can do this by clearly explaining the origins of the Second Amendment and inviting Constitutional scholars to participate in the discussion. We must be careful to be open-minded and never to show even the appearance of impropriety, as this runs contrary to the level of responsibility we all demand of gun owners.
I look forward to hearing any other suggestions or comments. I think that this could really be a great tool that CA gunners to further the cause.
Thoughts? Comments? Kudos?
-gcrtkd
Hey Guys--
I was driving to work the other day thinking about some of the things posted in the "Unlimited budget to antagonize" thread and I started wondering why we CalGunners don't take full advantage of the power of the internet to further our strong beliefs in personal responsibility and the 2nd Ammendment by beginning a series of audio and video podcasts to further the cause. It is mentioned in the thread that with an unlimited budget we would like to do things like start radio and television advertising campaigns and get our message out there. We don't actually have to have a lot of money to do this. All that this "Army of Davids" needs is a little technological know-how, some relatively inexpensive equipment, free time, and a coherent message and strategy to drive the movement forward. I've watched the videos both pro and anti-2A on YouTube, and I've found firearms-related podcasts on iTunes, but we could make our own Internet Free California (a la Radio Free Europe) to strengthen our community and make our message heard. We all know what sorts of topics we should talk about... just about everything in http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...ad.php?t=70244 needs to be covered. We should begin by setting the stage and getting the message out about the Supreme Court decisions that say that the police have no responsibility to protect any individual. Then we should move on to discuss how, as time went on, the tools and thus the right to defend ourselves have been legislated away. Moving on, we should go on to deliver the message that the only system that makes any sense is one in which we, as individuals, take responsibility for our actions and for our protection and the protection of our families and property.
A couple of notes of caution however... Firstly, we must be careful not to come off as the "crazy" trigger-happy killers that anti-gun people think us to be. We should dress/speak as the responsible, professional, citizens we are and we should emphasize that guns are simply a facet of our lives (be they for duck hunting, keeping the government responsible to the people, for law enforcement, paper target shooting, etc., etc.), rather than our sole purpose for our being.
We should definitely focus our message on a few things: 1) Keeping and bearing arms is a fundamental right of Americans recognized, not granted, by the Constitution; 2) Guns save lives; and 3) Gun laws don't work because criminals don't follow them and they make criminals out of the good guys. We can do this by clearly explaining the origins of the Second Amendment and inviting Constitutional scholars to participate in the discussion. We must be careful to be open-minded and never to show even the appearance of impropriety, as this runs contrary to the level of responsibility we all demand of gun owners.
I look forward to hearing any other suggestions or comments. I think that this could really be a great tool that CA gunners to further the cause.
Thoughts? Comments? Kudos?
-gcrtkd