August 28th, the Brady Bunch is calling for protests nationwide
On August 28, activists in cities across America will hold a national day of protest to focus attention on the scourge of illegal gun trafficking.
The interesting thing is that they will be doing this by not protesting around those who actually do the illegal trafficking, but by harassing law abiding, legal businesses. Because in the anti-gun world, nothing is harder than actually trying to focus on the real problem.
Anyway, David Codrea, author of War On Guns, is asking that we counter protest, not by holding signs and blocking traffic, but by actually doing the stores a favor and purchasing ammunition from them.
As I said on KABA Newslink Comments: I'm going to try and start a blog swarm at WarOnGuns to get gun owners to buy a box of ammo on Aug 28--be nice if gun stores would offer some sort of nominal discount or a door prize (no purchase necessary to enter, just to keep things legal) or some such on that day to encourage this--Tuesdays may typically be slow days anyway, so this would get people in their stores and probably work out to their profit.It'd be nice unintended consequences for the Bradys if we could demonstrate a few percentage points of sales increases on that day because of this. If gun stores use a door prize incentive, I'd like to see them give away a copy of JPFO's "The Gang," but the point is just to make it happen, not to get caught up in the details of how. We're far enough away to where this won't encroach on National Ammo Day, and it would be a great in-your-face to have our enemies' plans backfire on them. But here's the thing: It won't happen if it's just me pushing. It will die in obscurity on this blog. Will YOU take it on yourself to spread the word, to participate, to get this message to your favorite gun store, to post about it if you have a blog, or to ask blogs you frequent to encourage their readers to join in?
As I said on KABA Newslink Comments:
I'm going to try and start a blog swarm at WarOnGuns to get gun owners to buy a box of ammo on Aug 28--be nice if gun stores would offer some sort of nominal discount or a door prize (no purchase necessary to enter, just to keep things legal) or some such on that day to encourage this--Tuesdays may typically be slow days anyway, so this would get people in their stores and probably work out to their profit.It'd be nice unintended consequences for the Bradys if we could demonstrate a few percentage points of sales increases on that day because of this.
If gun stores use a door prize incentive, I'd like to see them give away a copy of JPFO's "The Gang," but the point is just to make it happen, not to get caught up in the details of how. We're far enough away to where this won't encroach on National Ammo Day, and it would be a great in-your-face to have our enemies' plans backfire on them.
But here's the thing: It won't happen if it's just me pushing. It will die in obscurity on this blog.
Will YOU take it on yourself to spread the word, to participate, to get this message to your favorite gun store, to post about it if you have a blog, or to ask blogs you frequent to encourage their readers to join in?
So, I'm spreading the word and asking my readers to do the same.
Now, I have a dilemma. I load my own ammo and the stuff I don't (the 7.62x54R and .22LR) I've already stockpiled plenty of and need no more. However, I will purchase something from my local gun store on that day that is gun related. I need a new case for the .22 pistol as it is. Maybe some more cleaning supplies.
What are you going to do.