Here is some food for thought regarding FOUP. First, I support the
concept of FOUP. However, I am concerned about the content of the
proposed message. How can FOUP supporters get the most bang for their buck?
Here are my opinions. I submit that the general public, the
politicians, and especially the antigun activists already know that
there is a "small" percentage of people who strongly support the 2nd
amendment and strongly oppose any more anti-gun legislation. I don't
think that you could put enough names on an ad to impress anyone by
the numbers of supporters. In fact, the act of purchasing the ad is a
show of strength of financial support. (The actual names of
contributors could be placed on a dedicated web page which is
referenced in the ad.)
Therefore, in addition to the announcement of the intent to unify and
defend, I suggest that FOUP jump right in to the defense part with the
presentation of fact as a rebuttal to the anti-gun propaganda. I
would like to see some of the fallacies of the anti-gun positions
revealed. I would like to see some clarification of the issues and
discussion of the realities of the future of firearms in the USA. I
think a rational presentation of facts would greatly strengthen the ad
and generate more popular support.
As an example, here is the transcript of the online discussion with
Schumer on abc news. For an exercise, find all the assumptions and
fallacies he uses to support his newly introduced legislation. It is
scary how subtly his antigun agenda is infused into his thought
process. The "problem" is gun sales, not illegal use of guns or even
illegal gun sales! He finds the volume of firearms advertising
"chilling" even if these are completely legal and not used in any
criminal activity. Although he says that he wants to simply enforce
the existing laws, he wants to introduce a new law requiring anyone
who wants to advertise firearms for sale to register with the BATF!
Now that is chilling. People need to understand the reality that our
country is on the path to prohibitive gun laws found in Japan,
England, Australia, etc.
Sen. Charles Schumer at 2:56pm ET
I want to apologize to everyone for being a little late. We were
voting on the floor of the Senate on an amendment for Missile
Defense, but let me talk a little bit about the legislation I
introduced today. We have a problem with gun sales made over
the Internet. Under the anonimity of the Web strangers met on
the Internet under aliases, descretly bid for guns and make the
sale with no questions asked. Some of the people who make
these sales are doing it legally, but many are not and these types
of sales blow a hole through the heart of the Brady law. Gun
trafficers have found a new avenue for dealing guns to criminal
the mentally infirm and the under-aged, which is the Internet.
The firepower available on the Internet is chilling. Machine
guns assault weapons and cheaply made pistols are available in
cyberspace for the taking. And they are available to those who
could never buy a gun under the Brady law.
Sen. Charles Schumer at 2:59pm ET
The legislation that I have introduced today will require the
same rules taht apply to regular gun sales, to apply to Internet
gun sales. Only federally licensed gun dealers will be able to
post guns on their web site and licensed web site operators will
to register with teh ATF so they can be monitored like any
other gun dealer. The bill requires that all guns sold through the
internet be transfered through a licensed firearms dealer in the
buyers state before the gun could be transfered to the buyer for
a Brady check.