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Greg and Beththe political and personal musings of two
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A Competition for Gun Bloggers |
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Gregory Morris, 10/22/07 12:23:32 pm |
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To all the gun-bloggers out there (and gun-blog readers as well) my post about a recent convert just got me thinking... I've always said the #1 thing we can do to maintain our second amendment rights is educating the masses. That doesn't mean spouting off political and technical nonsense that will either go over their heads or piss them off. I mean we have to take newbies to the range. Lots of them. Every one of us should be doing this as often as possible. As much as our donations to the NRA are a Good Thing(TM), spending money at the range with "curious hoplophobes" is even better. The NRA has always said "take a kid hunting" and things of that nature, and I couldn't agree more. But a day at the range is much more accessible, requires only basic safety training, can be done at any time during the year, and doesn't cost much money. Pay the $30 for someone's range fee and a box of ammo. What can it hurt?
David's "buy some ammo" day was a huge success... this could be too.
Here's what I'm thinking, for a gun-blogger competition:
-Keep a running tally of people you have taken to the range.
-To qualify, the person has to fit into the "never touched a gun before" or "haven't shot a gun since that .22 when I was a kid" category.
-You must offer basic firearms safety training (4 rules, operation instructions for models of firearm they will be shooting, etc.)
-You are not required to pay for all expenses, but that certainly helps convince people to go with you.
-If you took someone new in the last month, I'll count it.
Scoring:
-1 point for each newbie
-1 bonus point if they ask to do it again
-10 bonus points if they are an "Authorized Journalist"
-15 bonus points if they are an elected official
I'll keep a running tally of whatever people send me, and post monthly reports as needed. I'll think up some kind of prize to give-away (first person to break 25 newbies?) as well... Leave a comment or drop me an email if you are interested, or if you have ideas for improving my suggested rules. |
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