As noted above "that was back in March" is no good in the Internet age. Every picture lives forever on the internet. So as our younger generation is discovering, the "innocent" pictures that you think that you share only with your friends, can affect your future forever. Jobs, politics, family, forever. Which is a very long time.
Fair or not, for better or worse, these pictures will be used in the political debate without regard to when they were taken or the changes in the behavior of the individuals pictured. In today's politics, if you make the big oops early in your campaign for an issue or political office, you have to put out more than 5 times the effort you otherwise would have, in order to overcome your self-imposed handicap. And even then you may have to miss a political cycle or two to give people time to forget. If you watch and pay attention to our national politics you can see this in action. Its an ugly process but thats the way it is.
So if you want to advance your cause, it is important to not get your picture taken doing something with a firearm that your political adversaries can use to their advantage. And they will try to use every picture to their advantage. You can have fun, you can beat your chest, or you can win. Pick one, you can't even have two of three in this arena. This is today's reality.
Best of luck,
Wes
Fair or not, for better or worse, these pictures will be used in the political debate without regard to when they were taken or the changes in the behavior of the individuals pictured. In today's politics, if you make the big oops early in your campaign for an issue or political office, you have to put out more than 5 times the effort you otherwise would have, in order to overcome your self-imposed handicap. And even then you may have to miss a political cycle or two to give people time to forget. If you watch and pay attention to our national politics you can see this in action. Its an ugly process but thats the way it is.
So if you want to advance your cause, it is important to not get your picture taken doing something with a firearm that your political adversaries can use to their advantage. And they will try to use every picture to their advantage. You can have fun, you can beat your chest, or you can win. Pick one, you can't even have two of three in this arena. This is today's reality.
Best of luck,
Wes