OMG, the panic and defeatism - do so many not have a grasp on even recent history?
1. Sandy Hook revived the gun control movement along with hundreds of millions of dollars from Michael Bloomberg.
2. After Sandy Hook there was a push with Obama as president to pass a semi-auto/assault weapons ban.
3. That resulted in massive spontaneous demonstrations by gun owners and 2nd amendment supporters against it.
4. Nothing passed nationally.
5. The revived gun control movement however began planning state by state and national campaigns to amongst other things:
a. demonize the NRA
b. demonize "assault weapons"
c. demonize "high capacity magazines"
d. plan a very specific PR and Media campaign to capitalize on the next mass school shooting - as they failed to do on Sandy Hook
e. began doing research to develop carefully worded laws that could be passed based on polling and research and public support
f. started campaigns in various purple or blue states to pass more state by state gun control
g. began building divest and pressure campaigns to push corporations come out against guns and gun ownership and sales.
Thus we are currently on the receiving end of hundreds of millions of dollars of spending, organization, carefully planned propaganda all timed to kick off with the next Sandy Hook i.e. Parkland.
Given three other recent horrific shootings (Florida nightclub 50 dead, Las Vegas more than 50 dead and hundreds wounded, the Texas church shooting, and now Parkland) we are really not doing that bad.
We have to keep up the push with friends and family and on social media to confront and inform in the face of propaganda and ignorance. And we need to take more people to the range. And we need to call legislators, write letters, join pro-gun groups (if we haven't), organize, protest and march, and we will once again through logic and perseverance win back lost public support just as we did after Sandy Hook.
I've been actively fighting for gun rights and against gun control for over 30 years - you never win in the end and you only lose if you give up and quit - you keep fighting for your rights and freedoms everyday.
1. Sandy Hook revived the gun control movement along with hundreds of millions of dollars from Michael Bloomberg.
2. After Sandy Hook there was a push with Obama as president to pass a semi-auto/assault weapons ban.
3. That resulted in massive spontaneous demonstrations by gun owners and 2nd amendment supporters against it.
4. Nothing passed nationally.
5. The revived gun control movement however began planning state by state and national campaigns to amongst other things:
a. demonize the NRA
b. demonize "assault weapons"
c. demonize "high capacity magazines"
d. plan a very specific PR and Media campaign to capitalize on the next mass school shooting - as they failed to do on Sandy Hook
e. began doing research to develop carefully worded laws that could be passed based on polling and research and public support
f. started campaigns in various purple or blue states to pass more state by state gun control
g. began building divest and pressure campaigns to push corporations come out against guns and gun ownership and sales.
Thus we are currently on the receiving end of hundreds of millions of dollars of spending, organization, carefully planned propaganda all timed to kick off with the next Sandy Hook i.e. Parkland.
Given three other recent horrific shootings (Florida nightclub 50 dead, Las Vegas more than 50 dead and hundreds wounded, the Texas church shooting, and now Parkland) we are really not doing that bad.
We have to keep up the push with friends and family and on social media to confront and inform in the face of propaganda and ignorance. And we need to take more people to the range. And we need to call legislators, write letters, join pro-gun groups (if we haven't), organize, protest and march, and we will once again through logic and perseverance win back lost public support just as we did after Sandy Hook.
I've been actively fighting for gun rights and against gun control for over 30 years - you never win in the end and you only lose if you give up and quit - you keep fighting for your rights and freedoms everyday.