Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: 'SUPER FUN': A gun covered in Legos to look like a toy sets off a furor [View all]AndyS
(14,559 posts)About DUI; do you know anyone who might occasionally drive 'buzzed'? If so have you commented that it's not a good idea? That is what MADD did. It changed the culture of drink and drive by making people aware. Woke is the new phraseology.
You are part of the gun culture. Others in that culture will respect what you say as a peer and a comrade. I'm a 'gun grabber' so none of the gun crowd will even hear what I say much less give it any credence. I'm asking those inside the culture to work at changing that culture to a more safety conscientious attitude. Proud of your newest gun? Great! When you talk about it do you show off the safe you store it in? Make gun safety a bigger part of gun culture than it is now, speak out with your authority as peer, marksman and responsible gun owner. You don't have to lecture, just identify with the safe handling part of gun ownership.
I am admittedly being a bit (?) heavy handed about it but I'm trying in my way to keep gun violence at the forefront of public attention. People like you can come at the issue from the opposite side, a place I'll never be able to come from.