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I guess I'm confused by this. The NRA and all the other gun groups that I'm affiliated with, contact me with a lot of material, using great detail, in outlining a certain politician's or bureaucrats, anti-gun agenda. I consider that, as being educated on those people and their absurd agenda.
OK you make a point but you assume that what the NRA is doing is correct. Is it? Lets see.
Gun control is an advocacy organisation. A polite name for propaganda organisation.
The NRA is a firearm owner organisation that has interest in sports and shooting. It's sole reason for existence is the right to firearm ownership. As such the reason for existence is long forgotten.
The NRA contact you with political material that informs you who or what politicians are doing and what gun control organisations are doing along with its own plans with the hidden message of sit back we are fighting or you. The occasional message of which politician to contact in the hopes the politician can do some good. Would that be a reasonably accurate and unbiased view?
Now what good does this do and I'll admit it is a whole lot better than nothing which is what most others do. Politicians do not control what legislation gets passed. There is only one thing that does and that is public pressure. No politician is going to commit political suicide by going against strong public opinion.
Public pressure means pressure from the public demanding legislation or action. It is measured by how serious it is. The least serious is an organisation saying we represent...... Next a petition then all the way to an organisation that commands the media, can get thousands to complain and demand in the media and can put thousands of feet on the street. This is demonstrated power to influence votes if need be. Unquestionably vote are in the balance. Votes = power Political power cannot be obtained with out support (votes) Or the only currency of politics is power. You cannot buy political power nor can/will any politician deliver promises if power will be lost. Popularity = power. If support is strong enough it will become party policy but only as long as support is there.
The NRA should be educating people on how to oppose gun controls propaganda and remove the strangle hold gun control has on the media.
In propaganda it is not only what you do but how you do it. On could spend a billion dollars on advertising or publications and get nothing in return. The NRA has many tens of million members if 1% wrote the media one letter a month complaining about gun controls coverage and pointing out how gun control was endangering the public, that would be more than enough to turn this fight on it's head. The cost trivial.
Sorry I may not have been very clear here I am distracted and apologise. Fighting smart is a whole lot better than fighting wrong and not knowing it.