Aside from being demonstrably shameless liars, these mercenary bastards aren't above a little war profiteering while the iron is hot, are they?
The names of all the dead haven't even been released yet, and these information superhighway off ramp beggars already have their grubby, blood-soaked mitts out.
In response to that mailer I decided to use my enemy’s strength against them.
ReplyDeleteThe brady bunch wanted me to send out an email urging for more gun control, they said they would send my message to my reps....
I sent this under the title "Criminals do not obey laws"
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The tragedy of these senseless deaths is made more painful because it was foreseeable, and actions that might have prevented such a loss of life were blocked.
The terrible reality is that schools are vulnerable to violent
predators; potential victims are concentrated and left defenseless.
On January 16th 2002 at Appalachian Law School in Grundy VA Peter Odighizuwa shot and killed two people. He was stopped, disarmed, and taken into custody by two armed citizens.
http://johnrlott.tripod.com/postsbyday/topic-appalachianlawschool.html
In January of 2006 the VA legislature voted down a bill that would have allowed concealed firearms carry for those persons with CCW licenses.
http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/wb/xp-50658
The legislation was prompted when (from the article):
“Last spring a Virginia Tech student was disciplined for bringing a handgun to class, despite having a concealed handgun permit. Some gun owners questioned the university’s authority, while the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police came out against the presence of guns on campus.
In June, Tech’s governing board approved a violence prevention policy reiterating its ban on students or employees carrying guns and prohibiting visitors from bringing them into campus facilities.”
In response to the failure of the proposed legislation (also per the
article): “Virginia Tech spokesman Larry Hincker was happy to hear the
bill was defeated. “I’m sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly’s actions because this will help parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus.”
The actions of the school and the police prohibited under penalty of
law anyone from having the proven means to stop this terrible mayhem.
I oppose further restrictions on lawful gunowners.
I urge you to abolish “gun free zones” they have proved worse than useless they have cost lives.
“gun free zones” are in fact victim disarmament zones a predator could not ask for a safer environment (for them). Make no mistake, the folly of gun control has cost many lives. It is time to realize what should be self evident; that criminals do not obey the law.
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One bushel of the enemy’s provisions is worth twenty of our own, one picul of fodder is worth twenty of our own. Therefore, a wise general will strive to feed off the enemy. Take equipment from home but take provisions from the enemy. Then the army will be sufficient in both equipment and provisions.
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Using the gun ban groups own resources against them could be a highly effective strategy employed en-mass. Think about it, if many gun rights proponents used the brady bunch & HCI infrastructure it would have a threefold positive effect.
ReplyDeleteIt would dilute their message. A percentage of messages ostensibly from gun control groups would provide fact and reasoned opinion which undercut the groups message.
It would make it difficult for the gun control groups to separate the wheat from the chaff. Much of their vitriol is based on the mob, the force of numbers supporting the group think. If we vote in their polls, add our voices to their messages their screeching is diminished. It is not unlike what the Gathering of Eagles does at “protest” marches. They show there is another voice, another point of view.
And finally it would draw resources from these organizations. If done on a large enough scale they might even have to reevaluate or abandon the marketing practices they currently use (blast e-mails, polls). They might have to require a log-on ID to participate, costing them money, lessening the participation.
I see no disadvantage in using the GFW organization to send a message of gun rights. In fact there is an appealing irony to the idea.
It's textbook unconventional tactics.
WARNING WARNING
ReplyDeleteBrilliant idea, but one major potentially devastating flaw in your logic...you assume they will read the email and not just see where it came from and count that in the "help us we're damn cowardly commies" column.
I know they can't resist the Danse Macabre, but this is just...Damn! This is cold!!!
ReplyDeleteIf they don't read the e-mail, if they've stopped all pretense of listening to the people the Republic is on it's way out anyway.
ReplyDeleteBut the chance of a Kerry, Pelosi, or Kennedy reading my e-mail is better with a brady bunch domain name than a GOA one.
In any case I like the idea that the brady bunch will pay to deliver my pro-gun message.
Besides HH, I'm going to continue writing my representatives whether or not they read or respond to the messages.
ReplyDeleteI'm in MA after all, I hold no illusions that they will be swayed by my arguments no matter what.
Perhaps the cause of gun rights is forever and truly lost in MA, I will still fight for those rights there is after all a proud history of picking an unwininable fight here in Massachusetts.
;-)