Well I just went the Indy 1500 gun show wearing this sign on my back:
http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=307626
and passing out these fliers:
http://www.nraila.org/obama/
I was there for 3 hours and I must call the event a success. I'm going back tomorrow.
I arrived at the gun show at 5PM and used safety pins to pin the 8.5”x11” sign on my back. I felt silly wearing it but forced myself to follow through. For a good 5-7 minutes nobody talked to me and I kept on thinking "this is dumb, I'm preaching to the choir". Then somebody came up to me and asked "are you passing something out?" I of course was and handed him a NRA-flier. I then started telling him about Kennedy’s .30-30 ban and the 5-4 decision split on Heller. He was amazed. He didn’t like Obama but at the same time he didn’t care for McCain. When he left he told me he’ll be sure to vote and will be voting against Obama. At that point I said to myself “I think I just gained one anti-Obama voter.” For most of my visit at the gunshow I didn’t approach too many people. I probably instigated 4 conversations about Obama over a three hour period. So there was lots of dead time but I kept myself busy looking at peoples guns at the show. There were a few people that said “Boy, I thought that was a pro-Obama sign. You are lucky you didn’t get shot”. At the same time there were quite a few “grand pappy would approve” gun shop owners that were absolutely clueless and didn’t realize how bad Obama was. There was another shop called Fort Liberty Firearms:
http://fortlibertyfirearms.com/
Who asked me for a stack of the fliers as they wanted to place some by their cash register. I handed them a bunch and said if they need more they can just call the NRA. They were quite enthusiastic and repeatedly thanked me for my efforts. That felt good. When people started asking questions it seemed to come in spurts. In a three hour period I had 3 groups of 7-8 people talking to me and asking questions. The biggest shocker of the night was some woman was sneaking behind me and reading the sign on my back. She did performed the sneak three times and then finally said to her boyfriend “have you seen the back of that guys shirt?” I looked at her and said “would you like a pamphlet on Obama?” She grabbed it and quickly glanced over it. She asked me a few questions about the ammo ban and became quite furious that a bullet could make you a felon (if the bill was passed). She then started to loudly tell everyone how misguided her boyfriend was for wanting to vote for Obama. Her boyfriend went silent and I was desperately trying not to laugh.
In the end I’m glad I didn’t let the ‘slow’ periods get to me. I talked to quite a few people and many of them were shocked. I’m going back tomorrow. This time I’m putting a sign on my chest as well as my back. I'll be going with much more confidence as well.
Oh, I also met Owen over at TheHighRoad. :-D
http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=307626
and passing out these fliers:
http://www.nraila.org/obama/
I was there for 3 hours and I must call the event a success. I'm going back tomorrow.
I arrived at the gun show at 5PM and used safety pins to pin the 8.5”x11” sign on my back. I felt silly wearing it but forced myself to follow through. For a good 5-7 minutes nobody talked to me and I kept on thinking "this is dumb, I'm preaching to the choir". Then somebody came up to me and asked "are you passing something out?" I of course was and handed him a NRA-flier. I then started telling him about Kennedy’s .30-30 ban and the 5-4 decision split on Heller. He was amazed. He didn’t like Obama but at the same time he didn’t care for McCain. When he left he told me he’ll be sure to vote and will be voting against Obama. At that point I said to myself “I think I just gained one anti-Obama voter.” For most of my visit at the gunshow I didn’t approach too many people. I probably instigated 4 conversations about Obama over a three hour period. So there was lots of dead time but I kept myself busy looking at peoples guns at the show. There were a few people that said “Boy, I thought that was a pro-Obama sign. You are lucky you didn’t get shot”. At the same time there were quite a few “grand pappy would approve” gun shop owners that were absolutely clueless and didn’t realize how bad Obama was. There was another shop called Fort Liberty Firearms:
http://fortlibertyfirearms.com/
Who asked me for a stack of the fliers as they wanted to place some by their cash register. I handed them a bunch and said if they need more they can just call the NRA. They were quite enthusiastic and repeatedly thanked me for my efforts. That felt good. When people started asking questions it seemed to come in spurts. In a three hour period I had 3 groups of 7-8 people talking to me and asking questions. The biggest shocker of the night was some woman was sneaking behind me and reading the sign on my back. She did performed the sneak three times and then finally said to her boyfriend “have you seen the back of that guys shirt?” I looked at her and said “would you like a pamphlet on Obama?” She grabbed it and quickly glanced over it. She asked me a few questions about the ammo ban and became quite furious that a bullet could make you a felon (if the bill was passed). She then started to loudly tell everyone how misguided her boyfriend was for wanting to vote for Obama. Her boyfriend went silent and I was desperately trying not to laugh.
In the end I’m glad I didn’t let the ‘slow’ periods get to me. I talked to quite a few people and many of them were shocked. I’m going back tomorrow. This time I’m putting a sign on my chest as well as my back. I'll be going with much more confidence as well.
Oh, I also met Owen over at TheHighRoad. :-D