Bradys giving out free brochures and pamphlets...

They have been doing so for a long time. Go ahead sign up you will be on there mailing list forever. Notice that they offer the same thing in SPANISH.
 
Start the presses

We can also pull up good pro gun issues and testimonies and pass them out as well. Our pro gun rights groups could also help fund this project, for mass mailings. Where is our brochures and pamplets?
 
EDIT: I just placed my order. I figured 5 packets of everything they offer was enough for now As winter approaches, I'll need some more because fires in the fireplace don't start themselves
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I like the way you think..
 
Never know when you are going to run out of toilet paper, I better order some too.

We need to find some creative things to do with them and post pictures.
I'm thinking targets, gun case padding, etc.

They can add Erom Snug to their mailing list.
 
Cat litter box filling, hamster/gerbil cage lining, bird cage lining, spit-balls, paper pop-guns, dress up like a Jehovah's witness (white shirt, black pants, bicycle helmet. . .)and hand them out to random people on the streets with half an alka-seltzer between the cheek and gum to create a nice drooling/foaming at the mouth effect as you preach the word according to Brady, hand them out at football games and have everyone make paper airplanes to throw at half-time, decopage an old rifle stock so that every time you look at your gun you have even more incentive to take it out and blow something up, actually build a stock out of glue and the pamphlets and send a picture of you and your new "Brady Special" to their head office, send a batch to those serving in Iraq (even they would appreciate some more targets, I'm sure), alternate energy source for a steam driven engine. . .
 
funny...if antigun groups were doing what you guys were suggesting agains the NRA, GOA or JPFO y'all would be going ballistic (pun intended :D)


out of curiosity

Way I see it 80 million gun owners at about 80 cents a mailing is about $64 million.
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Is there any source for that 80 million figure? I see it quoted quite often and I'd really like it to be true...but I don't want to start spouting it unless I can back it up with hard data.
 
Our IPSC club is a little low on kindling for the wood stove. I'll order 10 packets of 100. While I am at it, I am short on targets so the 10 packs of posters I ordered will come in handy.
 
funny...if antigun groups were doing what you guys were suggesting agains the NRA, GOA or JPFO y'all would be going ballistic (pun intended )
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You say that as if they don't. The NRA put limits on there mailing for exactly this reason.
 
You say that as if they don't. The NRA put limits on there mailing for exactly this reason.
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That's my point. They do this and they're ragged on for it...but if we do it suddenly it's a good idea? :rolleyes:
 
Worm,if they are not smart enough to forsee that, then they deserve to be dupped. If they were smart enough they would put a limit on the orders or ask you to pay shipping.

There are few groups that deserve to get messed with as badly as these jokers. If you recall, they are the ones trying to take your guns.
 
There is a difference between sleep-depravation and other tactics that we use and beheading.

It's called gradations of evil.

Besides, I would not have a problem if they tried this on GOA or the NRA. Those groups are smart enough to put limits on this kind of thing. The brady bunch is not.
 
Is there any source for that 80 million figure? I see it quoted quite often and I'd really like it to be true...but I don't want to start spouting it unless I can back it up with hard data.
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It has been estimated by many groups and is the low side of most of the numbers, mostly because some count family members others do not. If you buy two guns in your name and your wife buys none does that count as one gun owner or two? In some cases two in others one.

When you really get down to it there are MANY gun owners in the US, I asked a few people about guns that I thought where antis just so I could try reasoning with them. Guess what, they not only own guns but they carry them ALL THE TIME, I have known these people since I was a small child and always took them for tree hugger. NOPE.

If the number is really 80 million then it's better than 1 gun owner per four people. I think that could be about right.

The way I see it if brady wants to hand out outright lies as "educational material" then I can order it as "reading material". The only difference is that I only half lied, I will read some of it through the scope.
 
It has been estimated by many groups and is the low side of most of the numbers, mostly because some count family members others do not. If you buy two guns in your name and your wife buys none does that count as one gun owner or two? In some cases two in others one.

When you really get down to it there are MANY gun owners in the US, I asked a few people about guns that I thought where antis just so I could try reasoning with them. Guess what, they not only own guns but they carry them ALL THE TIME, I have known these people since I was a small child and always took them for tree hugger. NOPE.

If the number is really 80 million then it's better than 1 gun owner per four people. I think that could be about right.
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So in other words, no? :p A number that's been "estimated" and had as many holes punched in it as the mythical "2.5 million crimes a year prevented" figure.

When we decide to start arguing our position with the truth as opposed to overexaggerating numbers and spamming groups to inconvenience them maybe we'll get somewhere. But as long as we continue to spew half-truths and resort to dishonest measures we're no better than them.
There is a difference between sleep-depravation and other tactics that we use and beheading.

It's called gradations of evil.
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Yeah, because sleep deprivation is what I was referring to. :rolleyes: And since when is a beheading a form of torture? Considering it's pretty hard to get information from someone you just killed it's pretty obvious that's not what I was arguing about.

Simply put it's the same brand of hypocrisy in both cases. It's ok for us to torture but not them. It's ok for us to have kill civilians as long as we call it "collateral damage" but not them. It's ok for us to spam but not them. It's ok for us to lie to the media, but not them. It's ok for us to refuse to compromise, but not them.

Everyone's cause is noble in their own eyes.
Besides, I would not have a problem if they tried this on GOA or the NRA. Those groups are smart enough to put limits on this kind of thing. The brady bunch is not.
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So when the reality of a lousy argument falls flat you resort to calling the people you don't agree with stupid? :rolleyes:
 
I'm not saying the number is wrong, just that I've yet to see any data from anyone. It's a lot like the "50% divorce rate" figure, one that's actually been disproven but still gets thrown around all the time. If there are 80 million of us, wonderful. I'd love it because I've used that figure many times assuming it was accurate. I've searched and can't find any hard data but I would love some to shut up the antis that say I'm in a fringe minority.

My point in all of this is to cast light on the hypocrisy of the argument. It's not ok for us to fudge numbers just because they do and it's not ok for us to spam mailing lists just because they do.
 
Has anyone stoped to think we might be shooting ourselves in the foot here? Pun intended...

Everytime we ask for information, sure they waste money sending it to us. However, they now get to claim that they are growing with member interest and that their popularity is growing. Their statistics will prove that more people are interested in what they have to say, which will grow their political power.

Brady says," Last year, not too many people asked us for information on our cause. THIS year, our requests have tripled! We're winning!"

Just curious.
 
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