So, I was a little disappointed watching the news yesterday seeing the turnout of these sad 2A rallies across the country and it occurred to me that we need to have a real and well planned, well publicized event that is organized properly. Somewhere around Atlanta, we could set an example, and a tone for the rest of the country. So it occurs to me that a few things have to change if you want widespread appeal for an event like this from people who are supporters of our cause but who aren't necessarily fanatics. I'm going to list a few ideas that I have but the whole point of this post is just brainstorming, how would you do it better?
-We can't alienate people in general, and by this I mean that most 2a supporters are not hardcore activists and most of them aren't comfortable with an event that is mostly tacticool posers covered in chest rigs with rifles dangling from their chest ... We don't need this, we aren't trying to change the culture with an event like this we are trying to have a show of support for 2A, in general. Most people that support the second amendment aren't "when you pry it from my cold dead hands" type and by pushing that kind of a message you pretty much guarantee that your core demographic isn't going to show up.
-We have to market the heck out of it. We would have to start by getting stickies on the forums here, maybe other local forums like ga outdoor news, ga packing and get gacarry to spam their mailing lists about it, contact the NRA, ask them for support in planning an event and for marketing help .... contact all of our local gun shops, give them flyers to post etc well in advance. Contact gun clubs that are local, have them spam their memberships about it....
-Select a non confrontational location. We don't want to march on city hall here, the best case scenario is that we choose a location that is at least already semi-friendly or completely neutral ..... Maybe we find a large outdoor gun club close to the city or something? Who knows ...
-Obviously we need to reach out to tap the gun friendly media types like hickock45, colin noir, etc and get them to plug it as well, as often as they can until it happens. See how many of these people that are reasonable and that gun folks tend to look up to or go to for advice might be willing to come and speak at an event like this ....
-Include as many wildly different groups of people that all like guns as possible ... make sure that all of these groups that the libs tend to focus on are represented .... for instance, there is a chapter of the pink pistols in Atlanta
I would love to see a real, vibrant event that is peaceful, fun for the whole family and draws a large crowd rather than these tiny little rallies that look like a bunch of fanatics sitting around the city hall steps.
-We can't alienate people in general, and by this I mean that most 2a supporters are not hardcore activists and most of them aren't comfortable with an event that is mostly tacticool posers covered in chest rigs with rifles dangling from their chest ... We don't need this, we aren't trying to change the culture with an event like this we are trying to have a show of support for 2A, in general. Most people that support the second amendment aren't "when you pry it from my cold dead hands" type and by pushing that kind of a message you pretty much guarantee that your core demographic isn't going to show up.
-We have to market the heck out of it. We would have to start by getting stickies on the forums here, maybe other local forums like ga outdoor news, ga packing and get gacarry to spam their mailing lists about it, contact the NRA, ask them for support in planning an event and for marketing help .... contact all of our local gun shops, give them flyers to post etc well in advance. Contact gun clubs that are local, have them spam their memberships about it....
-Select a non confrontational location. We don't want to march on city hall here, the best case scenario is that we choose a location that is at least already semi-friendly or completely neutral ..... Maybe we find a large outdoor gun club close to the city or something? Who knows ...
-Obviously we need to reach out to tap the gun friendly media types like hickock45, colin noir, etc and get them to plug it as well, as often as they can until it happens. See how many of these people that are reasonable and that gun folks tend to look up to or go to for advice might be willing to come and speak at an event like this ....
-Include as many wildly different groups of people that all like guns as possible ... make sure that all of these groups that the libs tend to focus on are represented .... for instance, there is a chapter of the pink pistols in Atlanta
I would love to see a real, vibrant event that is peaceful, fun for the whole family and draws a large crowd rather than these tiny little rallies that look like a bunch of fanatics sitting around the city hall steps.
