Tuesday, November 30, 2004

The Incredible Disappearing Gun Owner

Well, the election hangover have cleared up, the pundits moved on to other issues and, once again, gunowners have simply disappeared from the media and public radar.

We disappeared quicker than usual this election cycle, because the media pundits were focused on Red State voters focused on gay marriage, moral issues, religion, etc. The fact that we gunowners and sportsmen turned out in unprecedented numbers and had a profound effect on the election, especially in swing states like Ohio and Florida, went largely unnoticed and unremarked upon, except in our own media and from a few sports columnists.

Well, you say, so what? We won. Big time. That is true, and I am certainly glad not to be strategizing about how to survive four years of a Kerry Presidency!

However, our quadrannaul disappearing act has some serious effects on what we're actually trying to accomplish. Because the election buzz was all around evangelicals, the morality vote, etc., politicians being politicians and all, I suspect they'll be a bit less beholden to us gun voters. I wonder if we can arrange to have Bubba Clinton do another interview in USA Today and claim Kerry lost Ohio, and the Presidency, because of us pesky gunowners? That'd help.

More importantly our lack of visibility in the media hurts us on numerous levels. Our sports receive no coverage, because, to the media, we don't exist. The Big Bad Gun Lobby exists, and its number is NRA. But what about the shooting sports, which are among the fastest growing sports in the country? What about the successful defensive use of guns? I could go on and on.

From a gunowner's standpoint, invisibility is a good thing. You still get invited to parties; your kids friends' parents don't turn you in to the local constabulary; everything is back the way it was.

That's too bad. The first time I talked to the media spinners from the Pink Pistols, the largest gay self-defense group, they made an interesting comment.
"If we had as many people as you guys, as large a percentage of the population, we'd be untouchable. Here's a free piece of advice: Out of the closets and into the streets!"
Invisibility = having to fight the same battles over and over again!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

What? Go after the media attention? God NO. The next thing you know they will have taken my beloved Darts champsionship off ESPN and replaced it with IPSC. IPSC pleeeeeaze. Darts are soooooo much better. Gotta go, the World Series of Borish Poker Players is on 'The Deuce' - Bye.

nobody said...

I liked darts thank you very much. I'd love to see ISPC, IDPA, SASS, Clays/Skeet, tournaments on a regular basis. I'd actually buy a TV and hook back up the cable.

Anonymous said...

החברה המובילה לפתרונות הצללה, מציעה לך מבחר רחב ביותר של סוככי שמש מהארץ ומחו"ל, תוך התאמה מושלמת לצרכיך ודרישותיך. מעמידה לרשותך צוות מיומן, אשר יסייע לך בבחירת פתרון ההצללה הטוב ביותר לעסק, לבית או לגינה. הניסיון הרב והמוניטין שצברו ביצור והרכבת סוככים , מאפשרים לך להנות מאיכויות גימור גבוהות ביותר ומוסיפות לכל מבנה מימד נוסף של יופי והתוצאות, תענוג לעיניים!!!
הסוכך שלך נראה רע, מוזנח, ישן, קצת שבור זה הזמן להתחדש. כולם יחשבו שקנית סוכך חדש. חידוש הסוכך כולל במידת הצורך, ניקוי, תיקון, הלחמות, החלפת רכיבים, החלפת בד לדראלון איכותי או שמשונית מעוצבים על ידי הקו החדש או לבחירתך מגוון בדים בהדפסים שונים.

Unknown said...

חברת קמילה עיצוב מטבחים - החברה שיכולה לשנות את החיים שלך, במחירים הכי נוחים

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