Last Monday I attended my second and last MMM meeting.
(Read about the first meeting at:
http://www.thefiringline.com:8080/forums/showthread.php?threadid=35886 )
The meeting started late because all the “wheels” were in another meeting.
I tried to cement my relationship with the two POMC (Parents of Murdered
Children) representatives. They were gracious and expressed their
appreciation for my interest in their goals. Many TFLers also endorse these
goals: put violent criminals away and keep them there.
When the meeting started Susan Ives presented the final draft of their MMM
brochure. Apparently it was close to the national MMM brochures.
Today’s march is an invitation to come together as a community to create
a culture of love, caring, peace and justice where our children are safe and do
not live in fear their lives will be cut short by a gunshot.”
Their total thrust appears to be to “... create a new San Antonio where our
children are protected from gun violence, gun accidents, and the terrible
temptation of gun suicide.”
Inside the brochure are 12 steps to their concept of peace. Every step
mentions guns - as though guns cause violence.
When I saw the brochure I stated this was not what they had told me the
previous week. Susan Ives grinned.
I believe they think they pulled a coup by drawing me in and neutralizing me.
If so, there are problems with their plan:
1. I wasn’t actively fighting them. They neutralized nothing.
2. They proved themselves to be terribly deceptive. They not only deceived
me (they think), but they showed their deceptive side to their own members
and guests.
3. They gave me first-hand confirmation of their treachery.
4. They gave me first-hand knowledge that they care nothing about truth,
facts, peace, love, or justice. They are just another shill for Handgun Control,
Inc.
5. They care nothing about children because they never even alluded to the
major killers of kids: vehicle crashes, child abuse, drowning, negligent
overdoses of drugs of *all* kinds, etc. etc.
6. They gave me first-hand knowledge to express on TFL and to anyone else
who will listen.
7. They gave me the chance to show their members and guests that gun
owners are NOT evil. I was courteous and made some contacts with
organizations MMM (and therefore HCI) was trying to court exclusively.
8. I now have a long list of interesting e-mail addresses for people I can use
to sow seeds of truth. Remember the Rosie boards?
9. If I can get some other things done, the MMMs might see little fat
Grandpa handing out opposing literature.
There’s more, but you get the idea. I don’t feel my time was wasted and I
thank Steve the Gunner for compelling me to go into the belly of the Beast.
-------
I thank all the folks who gave me support and warnings in this venture. We
lost nothing, folks, but a few hours time. We presented gun owners as
reasonable, kind, careful people in the eyes of those who fear and loathe us.
Increasing the awareness that gun owners and even guns are not the enemy
is *not* wasted effort.
Only time will tell if our efforts bear fruit.
(Read about the first meeting at:
http://www.thefiringline.com:8080/forums/showthread.php?threadid=35886 )
The meeting started late because all the “wheels” were in another meeting.
I tried to cement my relationship with the two POMC (Parents of Murdered
Children) representatives. They were gracious and expressed their
appreciation for my interest in their goals. Many TFLers also endorse these
goals: put violent criminals away and keep them there.
When the meeting started Susan Ives presented the final draft of their MMM
brochure. Apparently it was close to the national MMM brochures.
Today’s march is an invitation to come together as a community to create
a culture of love, caring, peace and justice where our children are safe and do
not live in fear their lives will be cut short by a gunshot.”
Their total thrust appears to be to “... create a new San Antonio where our
children are protected from gun violence, gun accidents, and the terrible
temptation of gun suicide.”
Inside the brochure are 12 steps to their concept of peace. Every step
mentions guns - as though guns cause violence.
When I saw the brochure I stated this was not what they had told me the
previous week. Susan Ives grinned.
I believe they think they pulled a coup by drawing me in and neutralizing me.
If so, there are problems with their plan:
1. I wasn’t actively fighting them. They neutralized nothing.
2. They proved themselves to be terribly deceptive. They not only deceived
me (they think), but they showed their deceptive side to their own members
and guests.
3. They gave me first-hand confirmation of their treachery.
4. They gave me first-hand knowledge that they care nothing about truth,
facts, peace, love, or justice. They are just another shill for Handgun Control,
Inc.
5. They care nothing about children because they never even alluded to the
major killers of kids: vehicle crashes, child abuse, drowning, negligent
overdoses of drugs of *all* kinds, etc. etc.
6. They gave me first-hand knowledge to express on TFL and to anyone else
who will listen.
7. They gave me the chance to show their members and guests that gun
owners are NOT evil. I was courteous and made some contacts with
organizations MMM (and therefore HCI) was trying to court exclusively.
8. I now have a long list of interesting e-mail addresses for people I can use
to sow seeds of truth. Remember the Rosie boards?
9. If I can get some other things done, the MMMs might see little fat
Grandpa handing out opposing literature.
There’s more, but you get the idea. I don’t feel my time was wasted and I
thank Steve the Gunner for compelling me to go into the belly of the Beast.
-------
I thank all the folks who gave me support and warnings in this venture. We
lost nothing, folks, but a few hours time. We presented gun owners as
reasonable, kind, careful people in the eyes of those who fear and loathe us.
Increasing the awareness that gun owners and even guns are not the enemy
is *not* wasted effort.
Only time will tell if our efforts bear fruit.
)