PBS goes shooting

What I did was I sent one of their editors a very carefully worded letter that had the first few paragraphs not mentioning firearms. What I did was write about how important freedom of speech is to the media, and after that I described how important the constitution is to the freedom of speech. I went on to tell him that there is a section of the populace that is demonized, misunderstood, and not allowed to exercise their right to speak. Then I told him these people are gun owners, and the restrictions that the mainstream press has placed on their right to speak out is a problem of misunderstanding, and that I would like to help change that. I left only an email address on it and told him that if he was interested, to email me. He did, and then through conversations I challenged them to bring a whole crew out, and I said that it would be more interesting to see how many of them would change their views on the gun issue, because people are less impressed by just one reporter changing their mind. He accepted the challenge and rounded up a mixed group of people from the station, and we set up a time. I then contacted the owner of the range I go to most often, and he made sure there was going to be room for them, and that they would all have weapons available. We agreed that AK-47s would be the best, as they were the most "controversial" among people that know nothing of guns, and they are also very reliable.

I think they were honestly quite shocked that indeed we weren't all crazy anti-american terrorists and rednecks.

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I twist the facts until they tell the truth
 
Dangus, you really did do good. The use of just an e-mail address was a nice touch--very cutting-edge, and it's a lot easier to respond to an e-mail than pick up the 'phone.
You probably saw on freerepublic.com a post about "Anti-gun Groups to Use NRA Tactics..." and while most of the crew there were dismissive of the threat it poses, I view it with some concern-- we already have most of the TV, movies, press, and Hollyweird against us, and people are influenced by what they SEE.
You did a good thing--we have to win more people over to the side of freedom!
 
I wonder if this tactic could be used on our legiscritters. I live not too far from Sacramento. This is an election year and it might give some of them a little more incentive to attend. Might be worth a shot to see if I can't get the leading dem's to come out.

Although last election our gun club offered the two governor canidates to come out for a day of pheasant hunting. Only the republican canidate took us up on the offer. Davis sent us a nice letter telling us no thank you, that he would not feel safe being around a bunch of rednecks with guns. Go figure.



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Richard

The debate is not about guns,
but rather who has the ultimate power to rule,
the People or Government.
RKBA!
 
Bookkie you beat me to the punch...just what I was thinking.

For politicians if one started with state senators and congress critters you might have better success. In my experiance with politicians when you get past the state level they ignore even small organizations, let alone individuals.

Hmmm maybe offer them a carrot? Offer to let them make a 15 or 30 minute speech AFTER they shoot? Though you don't have to promise to take off the shooting muffs :D
 
Congress Critters are incapable of coming to a decision with out the help of a Staff member, a report detailing the cost benefits, and a poll detailing public opinion with a less than 3% margin of error. Why do you think they all have limos? Last time a Poli drove, he wound up in another state because he couldn't decide which way to go in a fork in the road. Time before that, they wound up in a pond.
 
That seems to be the prototypical response when you take a neutral or even somewhat anti to the range and have them shoot for the first time.

Good deal. I'm glad you had them shoot the evil AK.
 
Dude, can I get you to send me a copy of that letter at bogie@inlink.com? A buddy and I would like to give it a try in a major metro area...
 
Sure, just send me an email to remind me, I've been really busy and I'm gonna have to sort through my archives and dig that letter up. My email addy is dirgin@yahoo.com

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I twist the facts until they tell the truth
 
Well done, Dangus.

I'm impressed. We should all strive to convert through example, not preaching. This is a textbook example of the way that it should be accomplished.

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NRA Life Member
Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners(MCRGO)
 
I mailed him that txt file copy of the letter. If any of the rest of you want it, I'm sure I could send it to you.

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I twist the facts until they tell the truth
 
I believe imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. As a whole, TFL has all the tools to get this done in every State. I'll admit, I am outspoken and overbearing most of the time. In that light, I am not a good choice to implement such an effort. YMMV as far as how well you *know thyself*. We have the diplomts to make this work. We have the hardware to make this work. I've long thought that the RKBA needs a marketing plan to sell it's side to the public instead of a dry presentation of facts. We have a resident phycologist that can better explain how to disperse a mob than I can. The current media blitz is nothing more than a mob mentality. The fight is for the middle. We have a chance to make some serious inroads here in that middle ground. I volunteer to supply any needed hardware for any local efforts, and I urge others to do the same.

Dangus,
You may have fired shots heard around the world.
 
Well, when I was talking to them at the range, I did see the whites of their eyes, lol.

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I twist the facts until they tell the truth
 
Dangus,

Why don't you just post the letter that you sent to your PBS station here on this thread?


P.S. Congratulations on a job well done!
 
They seem to like to keep threads below a certain size so I didn't want to post it here out of fear of making the thread too big.

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I twist the facts until they tell the truth
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by bookkie:
I wonder if this tactic could be used on our legiscritters. I live not too far from Sacramento. This is an election year and it might give some of them a little more incentive to attend. Might be worth a shot to see if I can't get the leading dem's to come out.

Although last election our gun club offered the two governor canidates to come out for a day of pheasant hunting. Only the republican canidate took us up on the offer. Davis sent us a nice letter telling us no thank you, that he would not feel safe being around a bunch of rednecks with guns. Go figure.


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MASS Gun Owners Action League (GOAL) does this, I believe, on an annual basis. You might contact tehm at www.goal.org to check it out.

Frosty
 
Repeat this about 1000000 times!!!!! Wonder if I could get some of those kinda people together out here? I think I live in the most Anti-Gun State in America.

I would really like to take a few executives from where I work out to the range for a day of shooting. I bet ALOT of them have only seen guns on TV, considering the way that they talked my first day there. Oh by the way I work in the Medical Field, really makes me wonder about "those people".

What would be the best way to bring about a trip to the range?

enough here.. blah!

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