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<blockquote data-quote="tulsanewb" data-source="post: 2526446" data-attributes="member: 2133"><p>I think the OCers from TX are absolutely moronic. I don't ever OC. If this group did show up to debate/engage the MDA group, I think it was stupid. To me, and I believe I've seen others echo this sentiment, the absolute best way to promote OC (if that's your thing) is to OC in a "professional" manner (IE, don't look like a mall ninja) and not engage in arguments/debates. If done correctly it can both get the public used to seeing guns without striking fear (a weapon secured in a correct fitting holster will be unnoticed by most or it will be assumed you are law enforcement). The more people see it, the less it will bother them. However, anything that draws attention to the weapon also prompts fear. </p><p></p><p>The best response by OCers to a MDA group would be to ignore them and go about your business. Do not argue, do not engage, simply state something like "ma'am, I'm trying to eat my burrito. Please leave me be." The more they get agitated, and the OCers stay calm to the point of nonchalance, the more the public's perception of which side is hot-headed and irrational is reversed. If we stop making scenes, and let the other side be the only ones causing a scene, the more stories like this we will see. </p><p></p><p>Just imagine the video tape of a group chanting, taunting, and yelling at a group sitting eating their food as if nothing was happening... How much would we benefit from that (I would point out we have plenty showing the opposite, and the amount of benefit we would get, is multiplied by about 10 for them). I want to see more stories about "the people here that were carrying were just trying to go about their business but the gun-control group would not let them be so we had to ask the gun control advocates to leave". </p><p></p><p>This is not a war people. It is a PR campaign. It will be won or lost the same way every other issue that can be voted on is, by public opinion. And I am sick of the "they are never going to change so we have free reign to do whatever we want" argument. People have not always had these views, and they WERE shifting to our favor for a while. I still see everyone proudly proclaiming when polls are in our favor against gun control, but then when it's looking bad people start claiming "they'll never change!!! Shove it down their throat that it is our right to purposely try and make them uncomfortable!!" If we play our cards right, things can swing our way again. Otherwise... our "rights" will be voted away.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tulsanewb, post: 2526446, member: 2133"] I think the OCers from TX are absolutely moronic. I don't ever OC. If this group did show up to debate/engage the MDA group, I think it was stupid. To me, and I believe I've seen others echo this sentiment, the absolute best way to promote OC (if that's your thing) is to OC in a "professional" manner (IE, don't look like a mall ninja) and not engage in arguments/debates. If done correctly it can both get the public used to seeing guns without striking fear (a weapon secured in a correct fitting holster will be unnoticed by most or it will be assumed you are law enforcement). The more people see it, the less it will bother them. However, anything that draws attention to the weapon also prompts fear. The best response by OCers to a MDA group would be to ignore them and go about your business. Do not argue, do not engage, simply state something like "ma'am, I'm trying to eat my burrito. Please leave me be." The more they get agitated, and the OCers stay calm to the point of nonchalance, the more the public's perception of which side is hot-headed and irrational is reversed. If we stop making scenes, and let the other side be the only ones causing a scene, the more stories like this we will see. Just imagine the video tape of a group chanting, taunting, and yelling at a group sitting eating their food as if nothing was happening... How much would we benefit from that (I would point out we have plenty showing the opposite, and the amount of benefit we would get, is multiplied by about 10 for them). I want to see more stories about "the people here that were carrying were just trying to go about their business but the gun-control group would not let them be so we had to ask the gun control advocates to leave". This is not a war people. It is a PR campaign. It will be won or lost the same way every other issue that can be voted on is, by public opinion. And I am sick of the "they are never going to change so we have free reign to do whatever we want" argument. People have not always had these views, and they WERE shifting to our favor for a while. I still see everyone proudly proclaiming when polls are in our favor against gun control, but then when it's looking bad people start claiming "they'll never change!!! Shove it down their throat that it is our right to purposely try and make them uncomfortable!!" If we play our cards right, things can swing our way again. Otherwise... our "rights" will be voted away. [/QUOTE]
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