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to lesbianoutsider: What did you think of LaPierre’s press conference? It seemed to me there were some pretty concrete offerings, as well as some pointed remarks to the media and entertainment (I use the term loosely) industry. I rode as medic on an ambulance crew for six years between nursing gigs, and am no stranger to the anguish of loss from violence and death, accidental and otherwise.
I would not attempt to quote facts to a bereaved parent. But as a bereaved parent, I will use facts to hopefully create some thoughtful approach to a horrible problem/issue. So I will work, and pray, and hope to make small inroads in this culture of blindness. Take care!
I didn’t think the NRA press conference really offered much and in fact their suggestion of getting a cop in every school house was just another expression of their ‘it ain’t our problem, man’. I’m surprised it took them days just to come up with such a very predictable response. Their approach to gun violence is basically a ‘circle the wagons’ attitude. So while the gun control lobby feels the solution to the problem is an obvious one, the NRA still acts as if gun violence has nothing to do with them.
The NRA plays right into the hands of their opponents. They have absolutely no PR sense whatsoever, let alone a savvy strategy for developing a positive image of the organization beyond their gun-loving constituents. They are up against a much more sophisticated opposition.
And sad to say, the culture of blindness that you referenced, Sue, is really a conservative problem—conservatives are blind, deaf, and dumb when it comes to figuring out how to move within and manage the cultural landscape.
Reasonable gun laws should be supported. Reducing “assault rifle” magazines to a limit of 3 rounds would be an excellent start.
But where was all this concern from the anti-gun lot last month, when Republicans wanted to talk about Operation Fast and Furious? How many Mexicans have been killed by those weapons? Did the media not care because those victims are not white Americans, or because the administration was “their own”?
Probably a little of both. I look forward to hearing what Bill Maher has to say about this, after the way he dismissed Fast and Furious, pretending to not even know much about it.
Yep, there is so much hypocrisy over this. On the Left we get mostly snark masquerading as rational thinking.
The realities of the gun situation in this country is that only personal, responsible gun ownership has even been shown to lower crime, criminal activity of any kind, AND crimes committed with guns in a given community. There are (I don’t remember the number) literally millions of guns in this country which we know about and probably almost that many that are unaccounted for–so keeping the guns out of the hands of those who care nothing for the law will never be addressed by restrictive gun laws :~). Criminals don’t care about them except insomuch as they give them a safe run at unarmed citizens,
There is no real protection against the crazies. However a person with a handgun, who is trained and proficient and on site can minimize the damage a person intent on mayhem can commit. I won’t go into it on a public forum, but I speak from personal experience. I would not forgive myself if I could protect myself/family/neighbors and did not do so. If the principal in Sandy Hook had been armed she could have stopped Lanza with a bullet, instead of stopping a bullet with her body.
Try to peel away the emotion from the horror, and think about realistically lowering the damage that can be done. The police, God love them, can never get there in time. It is not humanly possible. So the people who are there have to be able to, and allowed to, respond. With deadly force if that is what is called for. How many children and adults might have lived, if only there was a response within minutes/seconds of those first shots?
First, you’re pushing facts, Sue. This debate has never been about facts—it’s about perception and it’s about emotion. Who would quote facts to a mother who’s baby has just been blown away by a maniac with a gun? And because conservatives have hardly any voice in media, attempting to push facts at the people who need to hear them is an uphill battle. That doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be part of an overall educational and PR strategy. But the NRA doesn’t have any overall education/public relations strategy, let alone any plans for partnering with communities to help them look at the gun safety issues they face. The pathetic response on their website is indicative of just how unprepared they were to deal with the ramifications of yet another mass murder. Haven’t they figured out yet that the gun control lobby will use every horror like Sandy Hook to push their agenda?
I do think there are things we can do to protect ourselves from the crazies, from mental health approaches, to more security, to perhaps even arming teachers. Developing ways to make it harder for ex-cons and mentally unstable creatures from getting access to guns has to be up for discussion as well.
But where is the NRA in any of this? They’re nowhere to be found because they’ve never seen this as their problem. When your organization is the public persona for gun ownership in America, you better believe that gun violence IS your problem.
The NRA is holding a press conference on the 22nd. We’ll see what they come with. Let’s hope they’ve hired a really good PR firm that will help them get out from behind the barricades and onto the battlefield.