There's Still Time To Change Perceptions

[guitartguy]

There's Still Time To Change Perceptions

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This thread is somewhat of a carry over from the thread re: the Assault Weapons vs. Semi Auto Video thread:

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=45990

I agree that the NRA could be much more effective at educating the public.
I am a member and will continue to be one for whatever it's worth.

My thought is that we as citizens may be able to coordinate an internet media campaign (You tube, Google video, Aol Video, etc) with the most effective media tools we can find.

The presentation of Assault Weapons vs. Semi Autos by Officer Pyle is one of the best and respectably presented defense of 2A videos I've seen. I think a great start would be for us to post any similar videos, articles, pictures, illustrations, or commentaries in one thread that we could then use to boost our own personal "Information Vaults" then coordinate the dissemination broadly to the public.

I can see this as being very effective if the material is clear, concise, and geared to the uneducated apathetic masses. In a sense, we need to bring this important message to a group of people whose votes put the decision makers in office. Unfortunately, the majority of these people don't know enough to know that they should care about the 2A or what it really means.

I would imagine that many of the "Liberal Democrats" whose philosophies were born in the 60s don't realize that the "Creeping Incrementalism" of socialism in our country combined with the misunderstanding and apathy for the 2A, may eventually lead to Kent State on a grand scale, as it has in every society that has prevented civilian ownership of firearms.

Unfortunately many of us, myself included, do not always put the best foot forward when confronting this issue with people. Add to this, the frequently spotlighted strange and scary "gun nut" who says many of the things we say yet has just done something stupid, or more often is edited in as a soundbyte by the Michael Moores of society to support their agenda, and it's no surprise that we see things as we do now.

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[stag1500]

The Front Sight Firearms Training Institute is putting together a Reality T.V. program called the Front Sight Challenge. These episodes show ordinary citizens going head-to-head with professional military and law-enforcement personnel in shooting competitions.

Here the link to the Front Sight Challenge: http://www.frontsight.com/newsletter/html/email04.html

This is a great way to change peoples perceptions about guns as a whole and specifically semi-autos machine guns like the M16 and the MP5. Every time a gun appears in the media, it is usually linked to some crime. If we can get people to see that guns are mostly used for sporting reasons, then people won't have such a phobia of guns. The mainstream media is well known for planting fear in people's minds. The best way to counteract that is to show them that shooting sports are not only safe but also fun.