One of the problems in "defending" the Second Amemdment from attack, is that many people have no idea who we are and why we support the RKBA. They have been systematically indoctrinated by the leftist media, schools, and politicians into thinking that we're just a small group of red-neck, wacko, militia-forming, socially-maladjusted, male, WASPs.
The truth is that we're a broad and numerous cross-section of "average" Americans from all social and economic walks of life, all ethnicities, and both sexes. (Ok, we're above-average, but let's not get too full of ourselves.
) Perhaps if more people could identify us--and identify with us--then there would be less demand for "gun control" (which is really "people control" of us) and greater respect for our Constitutional RKBA.
Education is the key. But how can we educate people if they can't identify us (and identify with us)? We certainly have little influence through normal mass media channels to get our message out. So we need to take it to the streets. By publically declaring our support for the Second Amendment, perhaps we can effect change. But to get the attention of the public (and the unwilling news media), you usually have to be more than matter-of-fact: you have to be somewhat outrageous and controversial.
I was thinking of some sort of mass civil disobedience where we all go out in public openly carrying firearms. There's no way the police would be able to arrest and jail all of us. But the reality is, such a protest would never happen for a number of practical reasons. Besides, if only just one of us got arrested and lost his or her future ability to own a firearm (notice I didn't say right--you can never lose your rights), that would be too great a loss.
So I tried to think of something equally powerful, but with less risk and danger involved. And I came upon the idea of printing up T-shirts and bumper stickers that proclaim:
I Carry a Concealed Firearm for Defense of My Person and My Country
It is my Constitutional right
(or something to that effect)
The beauty is, that we don't actually have to carry concealed (and thus bear no risk of violating any of the absurd anti-carry laws). But the message will be quite clear: we support ALL the articles of the US Constitution, particularly the First and Second Amendments.
Yes, we will encounter some harrassment from people and even from the police. But legally, we are immune: we're merely exercising our First Amendment rights to show support for our Second Amendment rights. The point is, people won't know if we're carrying or not. It would have a similar effect as actually carrying our firearms, without the risk of prosecution.
It might get the public to re-evaluate who Second Amendment supporters really are. It might get the politicians to realize just how many of us are out here. It might get us some media "facetime" for a change. And it might get people to start asking us questions about why we support the Second Amendment.
Remember, we have years of public school and mass media indoctrination to overcome. The only way to do it is to "spread the word."
Comments or criticisms?
The truth is that we're a broad and numerous cross-section of "average" Americans from all social and economic walks of life, all ethnicities, and both sexes. (Ok, we're above-average, but let's not get too full of ourselves.
) Perhaps if more people could identify us--and identify with us--then there would be less demand for "gun control" (which is really "people control" of us) and greater respect for our Constitutional RKBA.Education is the key. But how can we educate people if they can't identify us (and identify with us)? We certainly have little influence through normal mass media channels to get our message out. So we need to take it to the streets. By publically declaring our support for the Second Amendment, perhaps we can effect change. But to get the attention of the public (and the unwilling news media), you usually have to be more than matter-of-fact: you have to be somewhat outrageous and controversial.
I was thinking of some sort of mass civil disobedience where we all go out in public openly carrying firearms. There's no way the police would be able to arrest and jail all of us. But the reality is, such a protest would never happen for a number of practical reasons. Besides, if only just one of us got arrested and lost his or her future ability to own a firearm (notice I didn't say right--you can never lose your rights), that would be too great a loss.
So I tried to think of something equally powerful, but with less risk and danger involved. And I came upon the idea of printing up T-shirts and bumper stickers that proclaim:
I Carry a Concealed Firearm for Defense of My Person and My Country
It is my Constitutional right
(or something to that effect)
The beauty is, that we don't actually have to carry concealed (and thus bear no risk of violating any of the absurd anti-carry laws). But the message will be quite clear: we support ALL the articles of the US Constitution, particularly the First and Second Amendments.
Yes, we will encounter some harrassment from people and even from the police. But legally, we are immune: we're merely exercising our First Amendment rights to show support for our Second Amendment rights. The point is, people won't know if we're carrying or not. It would have a similar effect as actually carrying our firearms, without the risk of prosecution.
It might get the public to re-evaluate who Second Amendment supporters really are. It might get the politicians to realize just how many of us are out here. It might get us some media "facetime" for a change. And it might get people to start asking us questions about why we support the Second Amendment.
Remember, we have years of public school and mass media indoctrination to overcome. The only way to do it is to "spread the word."
Comments or criticisms?