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I'm sure it's been discussed before, but I'll take another shot at it.
I think we should come together and invite a reporter from Seattle and/or Portland to come out to the range with us.
Take them to the range, explain the safety portion of it (because let's face it, they probably have NEVER EVEN TOUCHED A GUN), and show them how great the 2A is and how much fun they can have shooting.
Maybe even have a sports reporter out to cover an IPSC event...
Of course if we actually let them shoot, we need to have ROs watch them like a hawk, so they don't just spin around shoot someone, but we'll discuss that more later...
We need to assemble a variety of guns and introduce the reporter to them in stages. Maybe not even tell them what gun they're shooting till they've shot it and MAY actually like it...
Like talk to them a little about Crazy Uncle Joe's favorite "Go buy a shotgun." for home defense and then hand them an 870 LONG-barrel. Let them shoot that unwieldy bastard, then let them shoot a braced Tac-14 and see how they like that.
Then discuss how the laws of it ALMOST being an NFA item and how stupid laws prohibit them from owning VERY useful tools.
Then we could discuss hunting rifles, and let them shoot something like a 7mm Mag, almost dislocate their shoulder, then let them shoot an AR built for hunting (but not tell them it's an AR, like a Fightlight). So they can see both sides of the old-school bolt action vs a modern sporting rifle.
THEN introduce them to some American fighting iron like the M1 Garand.
And they'll probably say something like, "That thing is a beast...!"
And we can tell them about how it was a weapon of (war) WW2 and how it was sold directly to civilians through the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) and the importance/why the CMP was developed.
Then we could let them bang on some steel with an AR (possibly tacticool) and let them see which ones they prefer...
So on and so forth-
38 revolver vs 9mm semi-auto...maybe introduce them to a braced/stabilzed version...
What does everyone think...?
I think we could win over some people of we had some decent air-time, but it could also be a double-edged sword...
I wouldn't mind being the spokesman since I'm pitching this, but that could be discussed if someone else wanted to do it.
Mind you, I'm a 6ft, tattooed, semi-mohawk wearing, conservative/libertarian, machinist so I think I'd represent the NW fairly well
What do you all think...?
I think we should come together and invite a reporter from Seattle and/or Portland to come out to the range with us.
Take them to the range, explain the safety portion of it (because let's face it, they probably have NEVER EVEN TOUCHED A GUN), and show them how great the 2A is and how much fun they can have shooting.
Maybe even have a sports reporter out to cover an IPSC event...
Of course if we actually let them shoot, we need to have ROs watch them like a hawk, so they don't just spin around shoot someone, but we'll discuss that more later...
We need to assemble a variety of guns and introduce the reporter to them in stages. Maybe not even tell them what gun they're shooting till they've shot it and MAY actually like it...
Like talk to them a little about Crazy Uncle Joe's favorite "Go buy a shotgun." for home defense and then hand them an 870 LONG-barrel. Let them shoot that unwieldy bastard, then let them shoot a braced Tac-14 and see how they like that.
Then discuss how the laws of it ALMOST being an NFA item and how stupid laws prohibit them from owning VERY useful tools.
Then we could discuss hunting rifles, and let them shoot something like a 7mm Mag, almost dislocate their shoulder, then let them shoot an AR built for hunting (but not tell them it's an AR, like a Fightlight). So they can see both sides of the old-school bolt action vs a modern sporting rifle.
THEN introduce them to some American fighting iron like the M1 Garand.
And they'll probably say something like, "That thing is a beast...!"
And we can tell them about how it was a weapon of (war) WW2 and how it was sold directly to civilians through the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) and the importance/why the CMP was developed.
Then we could let them bang on some steel with an AR (possibly tacticool) and let them see which ones they prefer...
So on and so forth-
38 revolver vs 9mm semi-auto...maybe introduce them to a braced/stabilzed version...
What does everyone think...?
I think we could win over some people of we had some decent air-time, but it could also be a double-edged sword...
I wouldn't mind being the spokesman since I'm pitching this, but that could be discussed if someone else wanted to do it.
Mind you, I'm a 6ft, tattooed, semi-mohawk wearing, conservative/libertarian, machinist so I think I'd represent the NW fairly well
What do you all think...?