01-21-2020, 09:51 PM
lazyengineer Wrote:I did, it's an intimation move. It's a projection of lethal power, and a demonstration of willingness to escalate. It's as helpful as Islamic protesters burning American flags. It's a right and I would never seek to require curtailment of it - I just think it does more to entrench opposition and the smearing of 2nd-Amendment supporters as dangerous radicals.
A simple: "Look at this?! Do you really think these people should have guns like this in public?!?" And I can tell you what directly most soccer moms are going to go on that.
And indeed, that's pretty much exactly what NPR did. They opened their spot yesterday on All Things Considered with "state organizers and the governors office breath a big sigh of relief at a relatively uneventful protest today.." [which, yea - prejudice much NPR? heh, by the way, if you really want to make a Leftist come to a SCREACHING HALT, accuse them of being prejudiced. It's actually correct, and quite entertaining to watch the gyrations as their very essence can't allow that word to be applied to themselves!]
If you're worried about losing the battle of public perception, you've already lost. So I suppose you also would be against escalation once the laws are passed? Simply comply? Escalation may be whats needed. Considering the oppositions is already in their trenches and (figuratively) shooting at our rights, i don't care if they dig deeper or not....
Perhaps gun owners should start having 2A parades on the reg and attempt to normalize this look, much like the lgbtqrs community has done? We're often well behind the other side, much to our own detriment...
