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I think everybody here agrees that anybody who is against "assault weapons", concealed permits or "armor piercing bullets" hasn't actually done any research on the topic. If they had, they would realize what a ridiculously tiny proportion of crime they are involved in.
The people at the top pushing the agenda unfortunately use their emotion to guide them rather than reason. It's easy for individuals uneducated on the topic to believe what they see in movies and the misinformation they hear from people of anti-gun crowd.
One thing I don't think anybody has put much thought into is the idea of looking at the pro-2nd amendment society as a brand. The NRA has largely been branded by the public as right-wing wackos and rednecks (I've seen this attitude many times). We, the educated, know this to be a misnomer. The Brady Campaign has branded itself as "the people who care about the safety of children and law enforcement." Similarly, while we may not agree with Obama's agenda on gun control, you can't deny that he is an excellent example of how an idea can be solidified into a brand and communicated in a clear and succinct manner. People understood his message and at the end of the day that's what counts.
The bottom line is that the best way to win the public's approval is to educate them, and the the best way to do that is to make all the public-facing materials more convincing on a strategic level. It's time to project a more accurate image of who we are: sharp, educated, rationally thinking, and above all, law abiding citizens.
I sincerely hope that pro-gun organizations like the NRA pay more attention to image sometime in the future. We as a society just can't afford not to.
I think everybody here agrees that anybody who is against "assault weapons", concealed permits or "armor piercing bullets" hasn't actually done any research on the topic. If they had, they would realize what a ridiculously tiny proportion of crime they are involved in.
The people at the top pushing the agenda unfortunately use their emotion to guide them rather than reason. It's easy for individuals uneducated on the topic to believe what they see in movies and the misinformation they hear from people of anti-gun crowd.
One thing I don't think anybody has put much thought into is the idea of looking at the pro-2nd amendment society as a brand. The NRA has largely been branded by the public as right-wing wackos and rednecks (I've seen this attitude many times). We, the educated, know this to be a misnomer. The Brady Campaign has branded itself as "the people who care about the safety of children and law enforcement." Similarly, while we may not agree with Obama's agenda on gun control, you can't deny that he is an excellent example of how an idea can be solidified into a brand and communicated in a clear and succinct manner. People understood his message and at the end of the day that's what counts.
The bottom line is that the best way to win the public's approval is to educate them, and the the best way to do that is to make all the public-facing materials more convincing on a strategic level. It's time to project a more accurate image of who we are: sharp, educated, rationally thinking, and above all, law abiding citizens.
I sincerely hope that pro-gun organizations like the NRA pay more attention to image sometime in the future. We as a society just can't afford not to.