nodoginnafight
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If you are looking to defend against any gun control, I would humbly suggest:
Avoid talking points like:
1) Guns don't kill people, people kill people. You can same the same thing about nuclear weapons, but that doesn't mean everyone should carry one around.
2) You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold dead fingers. This is the Unted States of America. If that's the way you want to play it, we can make that happen.
3) The Second Amendment was written to give citizens the opportunity to revolt against tyrannical government. This is highly questionable legal theory, but it is public relations suicide. Saying you want to be able to wage war on the U.S. Government if they piss you off enough puts you in the same category as Al Qaida. Not smart.
Stick to talking points like:
1) Prohibition has never really worked in the U.S. Whether it's alcohol, pot, abortion, or guns, laws don't keep people from doing what they want to do. Gun bans will only insure that the criminals (who have already demonstrated that they won't be bound by law) are much better armed than those who seek to protect themselves from them.
2) If you really want to save innocent children, don't go after guns, go after abortion.
3) A kamikaze, a suicide bomber, or anyone who is hell-bent on dying and taking as many others as they can out with them is almost impossible to defend against. It would be more effective to promote mental health awareness and intervention because a twisted freak will use whatever tools they can find (and you can't outlaw ALL of them) to carry out their suicide mission.
Certainly not an all-inclusive list so in general, I'd reccommend staying away from bumper sticker slogans and be supportive of alternatives that you think stand a better chance of being effective.
just MHO
Avoid talking points like:
1) Guns don't kill people, people kill people. You can same the same thing about nuclear weapons, but that doesn't mean everyone should carry one around.
2) You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold dead fingers. This is the Unted States of America. If that's the way you want to play it, we can make that happen.
3) The Second Amendment was written to give citizens the opportunity to revolt against tyrannical government. This is highly questionable legal theory, but it is public relations suicide. Saying you want to be able to wage war on the U.S. Government if they piss you off enough puts you in the same category as Al Qaida. Not smart.
Stick to talking points like:
1) Prohibition has never really worked in the U.S. Whether it's alcohol, pot, abortion, or guns, laws don't keep people from doing what they want to do. Gun bans will only insure that the criminals (who have already demonstrated that they won't be bound by law) are much better armed than those who seek to protect themselves from them.
2) If you really want to save innocent children, don't go after guns, go after abortion.
3) A kamikaze, a suicide bomber, or anyone who is hell-bent on dying and taking as many others as they can out with them is almost impossible to defend against. It would be more effective to promote mental health awareness and intervention because a twisted freak will use whatever tools they can find (and you can't outlaw ALL of them) to carry out their suicide mission.
Certainly not an all-inclusive list so in general, I'd reccommend staying away from bumper sticker slogans and be supportive of alternatives that you think stand a better chance of being effective.
just MHO
