How to NOT Lose This Battle
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I'll try to get my wife to attend too (loves guns, Master's Degree student)
I'll see you on the 6th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hunter (and AR owner)
lives in the city (for 3 more weeks)
owns a nice suit
I'll try to get my wife to attend too (loves guns, Master's Degree student)
I'll see you on the 6th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great points by the OP. You want every delegate/senator to feel that in a crisis, they could trust you to protect their family. Don't look like type of person they need to protect their family from! Don't give the soccer moms reason to fear us.
DZ
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Thanks, 6-Pack. I have including some of these suggestions in my next round of letters.
Song Dog
Active Member
So true
, Need to orchestrate the "presenters" who ever signs up to speak, remember not everyone in a group will be able to speak, usually one spokes person has less than 3 minutes and others say the famous Committee presenter slogan "ME TOO" I know its school day but also younger men and women (teen agers/young adults) have been successful in Committee Hearings in the past on Hunting Bills, sends a broader message.
Great to hear so many people will be showing up on the 6th!!
Good points.
I saw a liberal who believes if we ban guns, itll be a perfect word post a tweet by some girl who said her right to own a gun is in the 10 commandments.
Thats the type of thing to avoid. The media goes looking for it, and sadly a lot of times gun owners fall right into it.
Look at how upset people got when we asked them not to bring the Gadsen flag to the 6th.
I saw a liberal who believes if we ban guns, itll be a perfect word post a tweet by some girl who said her right to own a gun is in the 10 commandments.
Thats the type of thing to avoid. The media goes looking for it, and sadly a lot of times gun owners fall right into it.
Look at how upset people got when we asked them not to bring the Gadsen flag to the 6th.
Lightning
Active Member
So true
I might bring my 11 year old daughter and let her read a short statement. She is the proud owner of a 20 gauge weatherby semi- auto. It was one of the only guns we could find that didn't kick her so hard. Although she dosen't officially hunt yet, she does target shoot to learn the proper skills.
I don't see why you can't sign her up and have her testify....this would be GREAT!!!!
- Jan 17, 2011
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Some excellent points brought up in this thread. What a lot of people fail to realize is that this is as much about public relations as it is about Rights. We need to come off as intelligent and sane. There should be no talk about "cold dead hands" as people who are not "gun people" are put off by this talk. I know this isn't always a popular viewpoint, but it is what will win hearts and minds.
I'm already seriously considering pulling my 14 year old daughter out of school that day to testify.
md123
Ultimate Member
- Jul 29, 2011
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It's really unfortunate that we have to translate our rights into trite liberal-approved activities and show our credentials to be taken seriously.
"Don't arbitrarily ban my AR!......because target shooting is really fun".
"Don't arbitrarily ban my AR!......because target shooting is really fun".
Any suggestions for how to work this into the conversation? I could certainly stand up, list my degrees, the languages I can read, that I have published in peer reviewed journals, etc., etc., before saying why I oppose the bill. Is that the course of action you recommend?
Thanks.
"Good evening senators, by way of introduction my name is LSeries, and I hold degrees in _____ and _____ and reside in _____."
gamer_jim
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What if we talk about the 2nd Amendment specifically? Rather than talk about what we need talk about what the original framers intended. Talk about Heller, Macdonald, Miller and our very own state Constitution?
Would that come across as sounding 'crazy' ?
I feel like we are trying to argue the facts of Sandy Hook, and trying to convince these lawmakers they are wrong. They think the argument is in the realm of what a reasonable person needs. When really is about how gun control has nothing to do with public saftey.
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Would that come across as sounding 'crazy' ?
I feel like we are trying to argue the facts of Sandy Hook, and trying to convince these lawmakers they are wrong. They think the argument is in the realm of what a reasonable person needs. When really is about how gun control has nothing to do with public saftey.
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Personally, I don't think the antis give a shit about our interpretations of Supreme Court (or lower court) decisions. If they believe it might be unconstitutional, they'll still pass it. They'll let the courts figure it out and in the mean time (the next 5-10 years) we'll be up a creek.
- Jan 17, 2011
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As a Dem, my perspective tells me that constitutional arguments don't get much traction, except perhaps the message that a particular law is so obviously unconstitutional (by established precedent) that it will be demolished on judicial review.
