Gunbloggers getting down…

July 24, 2008 by
Filed under: Activism, Gun Rights 

A small firestorm is raging over at Sebastian’s place, and it has gotten him down.

The core fight seems to be whether or not it makes sense to work within the political system, or if we have lost the battle for our gun rights and should stand around shouting “Shall not be infringed!!!”.

I’m honestly shocked at this kind of talk.  I understand people who have been in the fight for years getting down.  I’ve thought about gun rights and been aware of the struggle for about 15 years or so.  Look at what we have accomplished in that time:
1) RTC in 40 states
2) Sunset of the AWB.  More then that, the AR-15 rifle has become the most popular rifle in America.
3) The SCOTUS pronouncing the right to have a firearm to be an individual right.
4) Perhaps even more importantly…SCOTUS specifically calling out self-defense as a legitimate “reason” for firearm usage.

Let’s be honest….the MSM has controlled the “marketing” around gun rights for years and years.  This creates problems such as this silliness which creates a completely distorted view of the “dangers of gun ownership.”  There is a more subtle problem, however…like the fact that Hollywood would have us believe that you can walk down to the local 7-11 to pick up a machine gun.  The MSM doesn’t control the message anymore.

As I posted yesterday, I think that the most important theing we can do as a culture is to change hearts and minds.  The ultimate goal is to make gun ownership unremarkable.  We do that by letting people see that gun owners are normal, everyday people.  The “SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED!!!” crowd thwarts that.  Folks like Tam, Breda, Tracy, Squeaky & Ahab, Sebastian, and Bitter help.

Here is why we will win:  the truth is on our side.  We don’t have to lie about statistics.  The anti-gunners do.  We don’t have to control the medium to convince people.  The antis do.

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  1. Dod on Thu, 24th Jul 2008 10:18 pm

    2. Excellent point. Don’t forget that the antis are masters of incrementalism. It took them decades to gradually layer on more gun control and shift the culture (in some areas, anyway). It will take more time and more court rulings to gradually restore our rights. But we’ll get there….the constitution, history and the data are on our side.

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