One thing the anti's in conjunction with the media have managed to successfully do is get us to label ourselves and our firearms using their terminology.
When we ourselves refer to our guns "assault rifles" & "semi-autos" we have succumbed to their verbal assaults; and have allowed negative labelling of our very means of protecting our elderly, our handicapped and our children from molesters - and our means of recreation - to pass into the negative vernacular.
How much could we regain if we refused to lazily use their language, and instead used our own, more valid descriptions?
Examples:
Q: "Is that a semi-auto pistol?
A: "No, this is the gun my Granny left me, it only fires a single round when the trigger is pulled. Granny never shot this gun, but just having it saved her from harm once, as it has done for me."
and
Q: "Is that an assault rifle?"
A: "No, it's not capable of assaulting anybody on it's own. It's a rifle that fires only one round when I press the trigger after I load it and take the safety off. I use it to poke holes of less than a 1/4 inch in paper targets, mainly for my health. See, if I can shoot five shots in an inch group it means my blood pressure, heartbeat and stress levels are just fine."
What do you think, can we fight fire with fire?
The pen is mightier than the sword. The gun grabbers remember that, so should we.
When we ourselves refer to our guns "assault rifles" & "semi-autos" we have succumbed to their verbal assaults; and have allowed negative labelling of our very means of protecting our elderly, our handicapped and our children from molesters - and our means of recreation - to pass into the negative vernacular.
How much could we regain if we refused to lazily use their language, and instead used our own, more valid descriptions?
Examples:
Q: "Is that a semi-auto pistol?
A: "No, this is the gun my Granny left me, it only fires a single round when the trigger is pulled. Granny never shot this gun, but just having it saved her from harm once, as it has done for me."
and
Q: "Is that an assault rifle?"
A: "No, it's not capable of assaulting anybody on it's own. It's a rifle that fires only one round when I press the trigger after I load it and take the safety off. I use it to poke holes of less than a 1/4 inch in paper targets, mainly for my health. See, if I can shoot five shots in an inch group it means my blood pressure, heartbeat and stress levels are just fine."
What do you think, can we fight fire with fire?
The pen is mightier than the sword. The gun grabbers remember that, so should we.