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Why are there NO Pro-Gun ads on TV?
Night Stalker
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Just today there were two different ads on TV from the Anti-Gun folks. Why doesn't an organization, such as the NRA, run some Pro-Gun/Shooter/2nd Amendment ads in support of this same issue?
It seems the facts are readily available and largely support the rights of us average Americans' rights to legally carry concealed weapons, with a few minor qualifications. Many of the statistics I've seen or heard of (largely from this site) show that just because someone is carrying a concealed weapon, they are not automatically pre-disposed to use it. Quite the contrary, I notice many here dread and fear the day they'd ever have to use their weapon in self-defense, or the defense of another.
Just wondering why an organization does not get out there, on the airwaves and spread the truth. I'd certainly make a contribution if they were going to lobby for our rights and use facts to inform and influence the rest of America, vice the emotional, factually baseless pitch the anti-gun folks use.
Any thoughts?
NSDQ!
"Also I heard the voice of the Lord saying who shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, here am I, send me." -Isaiah 6:8
It seems the facts are readily available and largely support the rights of us average Americans' rights to legally carry concealed weapons, with a few minor qualifications. Many of the statistics I've seen or heard of (largely from this site) show that just because someone is carrying a concealed weapon, they are not automatically pre-disposed to use it. Quite the contrary, I notice many here dread and fear the day they'd ever have to use their weapon in self-defense, or the defense of another.
Just wondering why an organization does not get out there, on the airwaves and spread the truth. I'd certainly make a contribution if they were going to lobby for our rights and use facts to inform and influence the rest of America, vice the emotional, factually baseless pitch the anti-gun folks use.
Any thoughts?
NSDQ!
"Also I heard the voice of the Lord saying who shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, here am I, send me." -Isaiah 6:8
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They'll show movies and TV shows where lunatic "heroes" blow people away left and right, but God forbid they should actually run a public service announcement that revealed the truth about guns and gun owners.
So I guess the answer to your question is they're ignorant, fearful little bigots.
Because most TV stations, being viruently anti-gun, wouldn't run a pro-gun commercial for all the tea in China.
They'll show movies and TV shows where lunatic "heroes" blow people away left and right, but God forbid they should actually run a public service announcement that revealed the truth about guns and gun owners.
So I guess the answer to your question is they're ignorant, fearful little bigots.
BINGO!!
Ted Kennedy's breath has killed more people than my car.
Roger, but what about some of the outdoors/hunters/sportsman channels? I know they do not run ads for the Anti-Gun folks, but what about some sort of "Public Service Announcement" (PSA) for the educational development of the masses?
NSDQ!
"Also I heard the voice of the Lord saying who shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, here am I, send me." -Isaiah 6:8
You'd think the NRA would fund PSAs advocating gun responsibility and education. Lord knows there are plenty of pro-gun actors they can use (Tom Selleck, Joe Mantegna, etc.).
They get some...at 3 AM...
Our masters do not chose to allow a fair,balanced discussion on the issue....
SEMPER FI
These are the same hypocrites who use large knives to prepare dinner at home every night., and some of them have been known to brandish their knives at spouses. This is the ultimate form of hypocracy.
I used to see NRA commercials on prime time, but thats ancient history. Now, Hollywood is so well entrenched in institutionalized Bolshevism, that the ad execs and network producers would probably laugh at you for even mentioning it, this is why every responsible citizen should be an NRA and John Birch Society member.
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I sure would like to see pro-gun commercials, it's gotta be better than those silly orange county choppers adverticing AOL. [8D]
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In fact, if you want to put ads on locally, there is something cable TV is required by law to do called "leased access" time that is dirt cheap so citizens can run their own material. I'd guess that anyone who provided a tape or even a live show would be accepted under the "leased access" rule -- though the cable companies dislike it and will try to sell you advertising -- but that's NOT a prerequisite for getting leased access time for yourself.
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