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Posted: 1/21/2013 9:09:33 AM EDT
The Administration is going to attempt to focus group the masses - they will deluge them with images of dead children, "scary" guns, appeals from the grieving families and a host of other imagery designed to wash upon them with wells of emotion.  We need organized talking points to rationally discuss with them.  We will be approached.  We are people who think in terms of freedom and liberty.  We must be prepared with rational, well-reasoned, and welcoming responses to these people.





Do NOT  be confrontational in dealing with someone who is ill-informed.  No.  They do not possess the facts or the sharpened point of view that you do.  If they are coming to you with questions, they are someone seeking answers, or looking to help find a person who shares a deep-seated concern which they share.  Help them.





Frame your responses to them in terms of how actions by government threaten their freedom.  How it threatens their liberty.  KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.





Do NOT talk about people grabbing guns or confiscation - unless the point is brought up by the person who you are speaking with.  This is a logical fallacy which is being exploited by the left.  That is why the position has been presented to frame "the legitimate purpose of the firearm and the sportsman".   It diminishes our argument to speak in such terms, when the opposition is framing the argument to debate otherwise to seem "sensible" and "reasonable."  Discuss this position from the counterpoint that through continued erosion of basic freedoms, we lose ground which effectively we can never gain back.   Again - remember, if someone comes to you, consider that their position is relatively uninformed.





We want people to understand that this - and indeed any arguments from our side are discussions, not about guns and the second amendment, but are arguments about the basic intrusion of government onto the basic freedoms and liberty of the People.





Add.  Discuss.

 
Link Posted: 1/21/2013 9:15:07 AM EDT
[#1]
I don't watch TV.  I don't need to listen to their BS.  On EITHER side.
Link Posted: 1/21/2013 9:20:00 AM EDT
[#2]



Quoted:


I don't watch TV.  I don't need to listen to their BS.  On EITHER side.


This isn't about what you believe.  We're all good here.  



We're the people who have to get out and educate the American Idol crowd.  Since not one of the talking heads on the networks and talk radio's getting this out, I'm taking the initiative to get it out.   We have to be out talking to the masses.  The Media's not going to do us any favors.  If we expect to stop this tide, the work falls on our shoulders.



 
Link Posted: 1/21/2013 9:33:09 AM EDT
[#3]
I will continue to burn up a good portion of my ammo stash taking curious friends and neighbors to the range.  :)

One of my reasons to "need" a black rifle is to lend my friends and neighbors any assistance I can in a bad situation, just like I lend them my expertise and tools when their garage door won't open, or the light on their car dash comes on.  (Yes, I am surrounded by that sort of people)

Link Posted: 1/21/2013 9:38:42 AM EDT
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Quoted:


I will continue to burn up a good portion of my ammo stash taking curious friends and neighbors to the range.  :)



One of my reasons to "need" a black rifle is to lend my friends and neighbors any assistance I can in a bad situation, just like I lend them my expertise and tools when their garage door won't open, or the light on their car dash comes on.  (Yes, I am surrounded by that sort of people)





I like your attitude.  I would tell you - also - if anyone presses you with the "need" issue - your reasoning is excellent.  I have been addressing from a logic standpoint.  "Need implies mandate - I own one because I can."  I'm free to own it, I spend my money as I see fit.   I elect for my own defense and the defense of others.



Also - that "when seconds count, the police are only moments away" line is never more true.  It's sloganeering, but it's relevant.



 
Link Posted: 1/21/2013 9:46:00 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/21/2013 9:47:16 AM EDT
[#6]
When they ask about what you "need", be sure to point out that the ar15 is the most popular gun in the US. Something like 4% of all guns and 7% of all rifles are ar15s. It's so popular that every major manufacturer, and scores of small, specialized manufacturers, manufacture them.

They need to know this isn't a niche-its huge.
Link Posted: 1/21/2013 10:00:10 AM EDT
[#7]



Quoted:


When they ask about what you "need", be sure to point out that the ar15 is the most popular gun in the US. Something like 4% of all guns and 7% of all rifles are ar15s. It's so popular that every major manufacturer, and scores of small, specialized manufacturers, manufacture them.



They need to know this isn't a niche-its huge.


I would love to have some hard numbers on that to back it up.  I knew it had gotten up there in total sales in recent years.  That makes me feel good.





 
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