thunderchicken
Grandmaster
A friend and I were talking and so I decided to post our thoughts. We are tired of the NRA sending out renewal notices and other mail strictly with the intent of asking for money. Why hasn't the NRA or NSSF,Pheasants Forever, INGO etc produced a commercial or infomercial to better our image? The way the media always seems to put a negative spin on guns, and gun owners, wouldn't it be our job to inform the public that we are not the monsters or terrorists or whatever the derrogatory word of the day is? We need to re educate people about the pros of gun ownership, and our impact on society as productive law abiding citizens. We need to change the words used to describe firearms. The phrases "assualt weapon" and "gunman" are really getting old. People need to be informed that most of the popular firearms on the market started out as military issued equipment. And, that this isn't a new trend but one that is very long standing. Anytime more than one person is involved someone is being influenced. WE need to be the ones doing the influencing. We need to start fighting back against the subtle attacks by the media even if it's because of their own gun ignorance.