I felt I clearly described the purpose of the event in the Facebook "About" section, quoted in the initial post here on OCDO:
"The purpose of this event is to provide visible outreach to members of the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, Queer) community, who, like many, are sickened and apprehensive about the injuries and loss of life this past weekend at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.
Since the aim of this event is engagement and dialogue regarding self-defense, gun rights & privileges..."
No convincing, just dialogue about the above listed items.
This may or may not result in one or more of the following:
- Education about rights, privileges, firearms, and/or gun owners, enabling an individual to be a better prepared consumer of (biased) information about such things
- Stereotypes questioned/broken
- An willingness to be introduced to shooting
- A change in voting pattern
Etc. etc.
Dialogue may produce all sorts of things, but the way I approach it is not meant to convince anyone of anything. To cause someone to question beliefs or be interested in learning more about one or more things - ABSOLUTELY.