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Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Million Moon March: A New Tack

This is really funny, and it illustrates how--when an idea gets set loose in the wild--others can adapt it and make it far superior to the original plan--so much so that I now recommend using this new approach as the main one.

The first evolutionary move in this direction came from Free Constitution, who submitted a photo of Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez using the selected caption "Make me safe from armed violence."

Then E. David Quammen from Gun Show on the Net came up with an inspired idea and hit the ball out of the park.

This was his submission:



The caption: Make me safe from armed violence.

And the Million Faces campaign posted it!

Why is that funny? Why is that worthy of becoming the new tactic for us to use?

Because, if you haven't recognized it already, the image is of genocidal butcher Pol Pot, the monster responsible for Cambodia's "Killing Fields." And because that's exactly what "gun control" does--it makes monsters safe from (defensive) gun violence.

David's success made me realize that--instead of sending protest photos we know Control Arms will reject and substitute--we could probably get them to post many more of our actual submissions if we just sent in portraits of predators. A Google image search on the name of a known tyrant or Nazi is one good place to start (just make sure if you pick a dictator he's not in military uniform--I found a great portrait of Idi Amin in a suit looking very respectable, ditto for Uday and Qusay Hussein...)

But why stop there?

We have the FBI's "Most Wanted List." The Postal Service also puts out posters, as do many state and municipal law enforcement websites.

And then we have the sexual predators, like on California's "Megan's Law" website (and their "illegal use" disclaimer doesn't address what I'm proposing here)...

David's success really does open up a wealth of potential for sticking it in the eye of those who are working to undermine our rights, plus it's just plain ironically funny. Let me know if Control Arms posts your predator, and keep those pictures coming in.

UPDATE: Forgot to include this--we got a nice mention over at Rational Review.

THUS FAR:

The Million Moon March

Million Moon March Update

Joining the March

Million Moon March Update (#2)

Million Moon March Gallery

Gallery Updates

Monday, February 06, 2006

Million Moon March Gallery

An international citizen disarmament coalition, Control Arms, is sponsoring a "Million Faces petition" and "is collecting photos and self portraits from around the world to reach [their] goal of one million faces by June 2006. [They] will use these faces to send a powerful, global message of support to the world's governments for an International Arms Trade Treaty."

The idea of The Million Moon March (as in "mooning") is to send them photos from the side that believes in the right of the people to keep and bear arms--to let the rights grabbers know there are untold numbers of people who refuse to be disarmed, and quite candidly, to taunt and hopefully enrage them.

You are encouraged to submit your pro-gun photos to Control Arms first--yes, we realize they will fraudulently attempt to use them to pad their numbers--but that will call the credibility of their claims of support into doubt, plus it's fun to let them know we're out there defying them. Then, send a copy to WarOnGuns so I can post it here.

Like Control Arms, I will also submit our photographs in June 2006--although ours won't be a petition, but a statement of defiance.

Here are the images submitted to date:

My original submission:



My follow-up submission:


Submission from WarOnGuns commentator "1894C" (© Oleg Volk):



From Armed & Christian #1Oleg Volk):



Armed & Christian submission #2Oleg Volk):



The Armed Cynic offers a "Million Mutton Package Deal" (1st image © JPFO):


and


Blognomicon sent them this graphic (© Oleg Volk):



Captain of a Crew of One submitted a familiar image:



End the War on Freedom opted for a personal message (which would make a great poster if Photoshopped into the Elian photo with the caption "Surprise!", wouldn't it?):



Fish Or Man sent in this disturbing bit of history:




Gun Show on the Net
also thought a reminder of the real life consequences of "gun control" would be appropriate:



Frequent correspondent HZ is a talented gun photographer who thought a picture of his lovely wife displaying her skills would send a clear message:



The Liberty Zone also made a powerful "armed and female" statement:



Jeremy H sure looks happy, doesn't he? Think Control Arms will post his friendly face?



Mark Odell found this image, which has pretty much vanished from the Internet--wonder why?



Oscar Poppa chose to make a point about about gungrabbing elites and their bodyguards (© Oleg Volk):



South Park Pundit tried a reasoned approach (© Oleg Volk):



and when that didn't work, just decided to have some fun:



That's it for the first round of gallery images. Let me know if you want to join in the fun--if you blog about it, I'll link to it, or if you just want to submit a photo, I'll post it--and yes, I'll admit up front I'm censoring out anti-gun rights images. The other side has a heavily-financed effort backed by IANSA, Amnesty International and Oxfam, and they're not accepting opposing views. Surely there's room for one totally unfunded private little blog to speak for the side of individual rights.

One last point: A lot of the participants selected images by Oleg Volk. Their inclusion does not imply any endorsement of this project by Mr. Volk. It simply means that these people think his compelling artwork represents their view of things.

Another source for images can be found from some of our old GunTruths posters, you can create your own, or find images you think are appropriate via search engines.

Tags: gun control

Monday, March 13, 2006

Million Moon March Gallery VI



Welcome to our sixth gallery of posts for the Million Moon March. Let's jump right in and see who's recently joined the Million Faces campaign to demand global small arms controls...

When "Bill" talks about "atrocities," he's not clowning around...



Everyone's favorite Mad Hatter notes one Control Arms supporter who's a real Il Duce-bag.



Fodder brings us three new Predators on Parade:

A study in Teflon® (and a Dapper Don)...



...a guy who says guns drive him Bugsy (Siegel, that is)...



...and what would a hit website be without a hitman? Bully for you, Sammy Gravano!



I almost missed George here. He wants to make sure no one at the cafeteria will hurt him with a nasty gun. Rest assured, George--your friends at Control Arms are doing their best to keep you safe from armed violence.



Idi? Idi Amin Dada? Is that you? Don't worry, once we get tough on arms, there will be no one to stop you from being President for Life...



Meanwhile, back in the Ottoman Empire, Blognomicon has found our old friend Mehmed II, who wants to make sure his invading hordes don't get hurt by any inconvenient resistance on the part of the locals. Vlad--put down that stake--you could put somebody's heart out with that thing! (Did I mention my heritage is Transylvanian? Really, no joke.)



So far, we've managed to get enough support to make this a weekly feature at War on Guns. I'll keep posting Million Facers as long as you gentle visitors keep submitting them. And if you are new to this, by all means, tour the other galleries listed below and see all the fun we've been having. Why not join us?

GALLERIES TO DATE:

Gallery I

Gallery II

Gallery III

Gallery IV
-Gallery IV (v 1.0)
-Galley IV (v 2.0)

Gallery V

Monday, March 06, 2006

MMM Gallery V

If you're new to this site or The Million Moon March, this link should clear things up for you.

Most of the images posted today were ones I found on the Control Arms site by looking around to see if I was missing anything, so I don't know who to credit for them. This gallery probably features the most improbable and unbelievable Million Facer of any other at the end. But resist the urge to just scroll down to the bottom. Go through the gallery sequentially, and save the best for last. It'll be worth the wait.

Million Facer Terry Nichols thinks we ought to get tough on arms. Actually, judging by the way he helped blow up innocents, he also wants to get tough on legs, torsos and heads.



Bradley looks like he'll give them his arms--as long as they take the ammunition first.



Control Arms supporter John thinks Jodie Foster might finally notice him if he shows her he's turned over a new leaf.




Dyla... I mean, "Alex" wants to be safe from armed violence
--at least until he's through killing to his heart's content.



"Rambo" looks like he's making himself safe from armed violence.



Matt may not be tough on arms, but he's tough on targets...



I'm just guessing here, but I'd say Mark is sending some sort of message...



Fodder has had some wonderful successes in the past, but this time, they rejected "Albert"...



...and just said "Call Me Al."



That's the second time (actually, the fourth) they've pulled this on him.

"Uri" thirsts for a world where he will be safe from gun violence.



Of course, that's not all that Uri thirsts for. Bottoms up, Uri! (I do know who to credit for this one--I used a Yahoo email account because, for some reason, Control Arms doesn't want to post stuff they know comes from me...)

What can I say about this Control Arms enthusiast? What on Earth can I possibly say? Besides "Sieg Heil"...?


Yes, they actually posted this. (Note I found this back in the site from possibly before this protest effort began, so someone out there may have had this idea independently of the Million Moon March.)

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Million Moon March Update

Maybe this thing will spread (horrible pun intended)...

So far, three gun blogs have picked up on it:

Blognomicon calls it Global Gun-Grabbers Operation Feelgood.

South Park Pundit says Control This.

And The Armed Cynic terms the project The Million Mutton Package Deal.

As South Park Pundit says about pictures we send in:
They won't display them. I don't doubt that for a minute. But disrupting their little cocoon of utopian rhetoric is worth it.
If you have a gun blog and want to join the Million Moon March, send me a link to your post: codrea4 at adelphia dot net and I'll post about it here on WoG.

UPDATE: Fish Or Man sent them a killer picture. Literally.

And Say Uncle links to it, albeit the discussion is focused on the Pinky and the Brain angle...

Jay from Armed & Christian submitted a great Oleg Volk poster .

ONE MORE:
David from Gun Show on the Net just weighed in...

Monday, February 13, 2006

Million Moon March Monday: Gallery II


"Make me safe from armed violence."


You're not gonna freakin' believe this. I'm not sure I do. But it'll all be explained by the end of this post.

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Submissions keep coming in, and it looks like the new tack is working: Control Arms is posting the pictures of some serious scumbags.

Before we address them, let's take a look at some of the more conventional protest pictures.

Friend HZ already entered a photo of his wife demonstrating skills every responsible mother should master. He notes Control Arms doesn't shy away from using ignorant children to score propaganda points, so he thought it only fair to show what non-fearful and informed, that is, trained children look like. (Oh, my, his little girl is a doll!)




Mark P followed up on the responsible parenting theme, but Control Arms apparently found this sweet submission (© Oleg Volk) "offensive":



Brent K and his friends wish the nannies at Control Arms would leave them alone. Yeah, I caught the "bare," but what the heck? Can't some guys just have some fun without getting grammar-checked?



JT "sent this one to them." Why is it Control Arms looks at a man like this and sees a threat--and I look at him and see a potential shooting buddy?



Frank T thinks he has a way to help "stop terror." I don't see this posted over at the Million Faces campaign, so Control Arms must not agree...in fact, they're probably in terror knowing men like Frank are out there.



Jeremy H agrees. He didn't have much success when he sent in a picture showing how he enjoys himself around guns, so he thought a photo showing empathy with the Control Arms fear freaks might merit their attention. This one makes me laugh every time I look at it.




Captain of a Crew of One
looks to be a man who doesn't share in the fear. And check out what his nephew, KT, got posted on the Million Faces site! They apparently don't recognize the difference between a plea and a dare.




The Captain also has some candidates for the Predator Parade section, below. I'm sure he'll let us know if and when Control Arms posts them.

I was pleased to see Head of Bunker fame weigh in on this. When he says "I WILL NEVER! GIVE THEM UP," I'd tend to believe him--and conduct myself accordingly.



Kristopher
has a message that may underscore Head's sentiment. You don't think he's being too...ahhh...subtle, do you?



Ride Fast & Shoot Straight also has a message for the global gun grabbers. Well wadd'ya know? They posted it!



South Park Pundit brings some "Sunshine" into the lives of the gloomy gun-haters by showing them the face of a compliant subject for their global Nirvana. They liked it, proving witless submission will always win their approval!



Tomato 7, on the other hand, has no intention of going along with the program, as this graphic (© Oleg Volk) aptly demonstrates.



I don't know who to credit for this one that slipped through--the name given is "Scott", and the message is "Make me safe from armed violence." That's pretty ironic if you realize the bust is of Spartan King Leonidas, of "Molon Labe!" fame.



I also don't know who "Sam" is, who got this on the Million Faces site, but he certainly knows his math.



Those are the "old school" entries that keep with the spirit and intent of the original Million Moon March concept. Now it's time to look at the "new tack" submissions, something I like to think of as...

Predators on Parade


We, of course, must begin with GunShowOnTheNet's original plea from genocidal butcher Pol Pot to "Make me safe from gun violence" that Control Arms agreed with enough to post.



Be sure and check out David's new page. Feel free to send him a photo for posting in his "rogue's gallery," along with who it is, a brief bio, and a link to your site if you have one.

2 Valuable worried that murdering cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer might go hungry if his prey had the power to repel him. Lucky for Jeffrey he's got a friend in the Million Faces campaign. M-m-m-m...faces...




An anonymous contributor notes that Heinrich Himmler was probably concerned about "the terror trade." Naturally, Control Arms sides with an SS Reichsführer who endorses the concept of a government monopoly of power. I'd be surprised if they don't revere him as a founding führ...uhh...father.



Blognomicon! Don't you know that smoking can cause health problems? Not nearly as many as Joseph Stalin caused (what was it, something like 20 Million deaths?), but as long as he agrees with their citizen disarmament goals, the Million Facers are more than willing to overlook the pipe...



Increasingly, doctors are jumping on the gun control bandwagon, using a public health/pathogen model to discourage private gun ownership, and generally sticking their noses into patient's business with gun storage advice they are totally unqualified to dispense. David Homoney found another physician against gun violence that Control Arms agreed deserved a place of honor on their site. After all, Che Guevara was a doctor (and like Uncle Joe, above, a smoker)...



Free Constitution thinks Che's pal Fidel Castro, seen here with Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez, would like to be safe from gun violence, or at least return fire. Control Arms agrees.



Incidentally, to give credit where it's due, this was actually the first picture I was aware of matching predators with a gun control plea--but as fortune would have it, I got news of the Pol Pot photo being posted on the Control Arms site first, and that's what made me decide to change the focus of this project. Stan also has some other suggestions on his site, guys like Slobodan Milosevich, Joseph Stalin and serial killer Ted Bundy, below--I'm sure he'll let us know if they're "accepted."



Hey, I just noticed: "Jack" here--who wants to "get tough on arms"-- looks like the Slobo picture that Stan posted:



Fun Bob had fun submitting this smiling portrait of "Ricardo"-- a BIG proponent of "gun control." The fact that Ricardo's real name was Adolf Eichmann might have something to do with that.



GeekWithA.45 blew me away with "Smilin' Lon" Horiuchi, notorious for...uhh...blowing people away. Control Arms was blown away, too, because they think Lon and his friends are the only ones who can be trusted with guns.



In addition to peace-loving Sunshine in the previous section, South Park Pundit thinks convicted sex offender Daniel would appreciate being safe from armed violence. Some parents are just so intolerant! Control Arms wants to grant Daniel his wish.



Tomato 7 also has a second entry. His message is simple. "Keep Slobo safe", and Control Arms heartily agrees. I might add "It's the ethnically clean thing to do!"



Viking Ambition knows that Zimbabwean tyrant Robert Mugabe doesn't want any "more arms for atrocities," at least if they might be used to stop the atrocities his armed thugs commit. Naturally, Control Arms has adopted the Mugabe Doctrine.



In addition to his "accepted" poster shown above, Ride Fast & Shoot Straight has also submitted another supporter of controlling arms, SS-Gruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich. Good looking devil, wasn't he? Fodder--be sure and let us know if he makes the cut over at Million Faces.



William Clark is three for three with the panel of submissions judges at Control Arms: "Pol", "Polson" and "Adolf" from "Germany" (which cracks me up every time I think about it).







Here's what I promised would be revealed by the end of this post. This is unbelievable. I think Void Where Prohibited deserves some sort of prize for this entry.

OMG.



I can't believe the Million Faces posted this. But I guess Osama's entitled to his opinion, too...

As are all the Predators on Parade at the Control Arms Gallery, as this image from Thus I Have Spoken attests. (Thanks, SteamDragon! I see he recently escaped from his Blogspot site. Everybody make note of his new digs and update your blogrolls accordingly.)



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That's it for this week's Gallery. Keep those Predators on Parade Pix coming, and be sure and send in a link when they appear on the Million Faces website. And like I said here--if you have your own blog, feel free to start your own gallery with your visitors. Tell me about it and I'll link to it from WarOnGuns.

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Clarification Update-- I just got an email from William Clark:
Hey, I wanted to make something clear (I did not intend to mislead you) I posted Pol Pot, and found the other two... Just in case someone else says "Hey I posted Adolf from Germany..." It's still funny... I have a few more I am posting in the works... Thanks