Monkeyleg
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Over in the General Discussion forum, Oleg has a thread going about a poster he created for CCW in Wisconsin.
The poster makes reference to a woman's great-grandmother being able to carry a pistol for defense, but the woman's right to self-defense today in WI is not recognized.
I see that as a historically-based argument: we once had rights; where did they go?
My suggestion for changes to the poster was to make reference to the fact that, in nearly every other state, the woman would have the right to self defense, but not in Wisconsin.
That's what really motivates me to work for CCW. People in other states have a right/privelege that I do not.
Until I joined The Firing Line many years ago I, like many, thought that only a couple of states had legal CCW. When I found out I was wrong, I was angry.
When I started the WCCA, I tried using logic and statistics: John Lott, FBI Uniform Crime Reports, etc. People's eyes would glaze over.
It was a case of "my statistician can beat up your statistician." It didn't work.
Neither did logic.
As I thought about how to frame the argument, I went back to what motivated me, which was a very base human emotion, but a powerful one: envy. Someone in Michigan has something that I can't have.
That's been effective for those who would want that "something" that they can't have.
But how do you sell CCW to people who aren't envious, and don't care whether they have the same rights or priveleges as other citizens?
I'm not asking how to get people to not care if we have CCW or not. My impression is that the general public doesn't much care if WI had shall-issue or not. I don't think it's on their radar.
How do you get people who are not affected by something they don't have, and something they may not particularly be interested in having, to at least want others to have that "something?"
As I type this, I'm thinking back to the 1960's, when the civil rights movement was really overwhelming the public discourse.
As a white suburban teenage kid, I wasn't affected by segregation, or racism. Yet I was drawn to the movement, as were millions of others.
Why?
Answer that question, and you may hit on the way to sell CCW to people who aren't particularly interested.
The poster makes reference to a woman's great-grandmother being able to carry a pistol for defense, but the woman's right to self-defense today in WI is not recognized.
I see that as a historically-based argument: we once had rights; where did they go?
My suggestion for changes to the poster was to make reference to the fact that, in nearly every other state, the woman would have the right to self defense, but not in Wisconsin.
That's what really motivates me to work for CCW. People in other states have a right/privelege that I do not.
Until I joined The Firing Line many years ago I, like many, thought that only a couple of states had legal CCW. When I found out I was wrong, I was angry.
When I started the WCCA, I tried using logic and statistics: John Lott, FBI Uniform Crime Reports, etc. People's eyes would glaze over.
It was a case of "my statistician can beat up your statistician." It didn't work.
Neither did logic.
As I thought about how to frame the argument, I went back to what motivated me, which was a very base human emotion, but a powerful one: envy. Someone in Michigan has something that I can't have.
That's been effective for those who would want that "something" that they can't have.
But how do you sell CCW to people who aren't envious, and don't care whether they have the same rights or priveleges as other citizens?
I'm not asking how to get people to not care if we have CCW or not. My impression is that the general public doesn't much care if WI had shall-issue or not. I don't think it's on their radar.
How do you get people who are not affected by something they don't have, and something they may not particularly be interested in having, to at least want others to have that "something?"
As I type this, I'm thinking back to the 1960's, when the civil rights movement was really overwhelming the public discourse.
As a white suburban teenage kid, I wasn't affected by segregation, or racism. Yet I was drawn to the movement, as were millions of others.
Why?
Answer that question, and you may hit on the way to sell CCW to people who aren't particularly interested.