My Stuff
  •   Blog Index
  •   Blog History
  •   Today's Posts
  •   Greg on Politics
  •   Search Term Q&A
  •   QotDs
  •   Popular Articles
  •   Most Active
  •   Recent Comments
  •   Articles With Images
  •   Newbie Competition
  •   Gun Control Questionnaire
  •   Florida Gun Resources
  •   [ contact ]
  • Bloggers I've Met
  •   Gun Nuts Media
  •   MArooned
  •   McThag
  •   Robb "No Pants" Allen
  •   Say Uncle
  •   The Big Guy
  • Friends
  •   Another Manic Monday
  •   Cato Institute
  •   My Tampa Life
  •   Sticks of Fire
  •   Tampa BLAB
  •   Tampa Bay Fish
  •   The Line is Here
  •   WMITC
  • Blogs
  •   2A Musings
  •   Advanced Armament Corp
  •   Airborne Combat Engineer
  •   Alphecca
  •   Anarchangel
  •   Another Gun Blog
  •   Argghhh!!!
  •   Arizona Rifleman
  •   Armed Canadian
  •   Atomic Nerds
  •   Bayou Renaissance Man
  •   Billlls Idle Mind
  •   Black Man With A Gun
  •   Blunt Object
  •   Bore Patch
  •   Cam Edwards
  •   Captain of a Crew of One
  •   Cat O. Nine Tales
  •   Cogito Ergo Geek
  •   Colt CCO
  •   DiveMedic
  •   Firearms and Freedom
  •   From the Barrel of a Gun
  •   GeekWithA.45
  •   Geeks With Guns
  •   Great Blue Whale
  •   Gun Loving John
  •   Gun Pundit
  •   Gun Trust Lawyer
  •   GunBloggers
  •   Gunpowder Treason
  •   Guns, Holsters and Gear
  •   Hell in a Handbasket
  •   Home on the Range
  •   I don't sleep, I dream
  •   John Lott
  •   Jon H. Gutmacher
  •   Justin Buist
  •   Keep and Bear Arms
  •   Keyboard and a .45
  •   LawDog Files
  •   Liberty Girl
  •   Liberty News
  •   Liberty Zone
  •   Mad Rocket Scientist
  •   Michael Bane
  •   Michael's Soapbox
  •   Move Left?
  •   Mr. Completely
  •   NRA Blog
  •   New Jovian Thunderbolt
  •   Ninth Stage
  •   No Looking Backwards
  •   Of Arms & the Law
  •   Pretty Pistolera
  •   Right to Bear Arms
  •   Rustmeister's Alehouse
  •   Sentinel
  •   Shooting the Messenger
  •   Smallest Minority
  •   Snowflakes In Hell
  •   Somewhat Intelligent
  •   Steve's Blog
  •   TFS Magnum
  •   Tell Me Why?
  •   The Bitch Girls
  •   The Breda Fallacy
  •   The Countertop Chronicles
  •   The Firearm Blog
  •   The Gun Blogs
  •   The Liberty Sphere
  •   The Mad Hatter
  •   The Real Gun Guys
  •   The Shootist
  •   The Whited Sepulchre
  •   Trigger Finger
  •   View From NC Idaho
  •   View From The Porch
  •   Volokh Conspiracy
  •   Wasted Electrons
  • 2A/Firearm Info
  •   Florida Firearms Law
  •   Gun Facts
  •   Gun Law News
  •   Gun Laws
  •   GunBlast
  •   GunCite
  •   Handgun Law
  •   NRA News
  •   USA Carry
  •   Wiki Entry

  • Previous Entries
      2015
        Sep
      2012
        May
        Apr
        Mar
        Feb
      2011
        Dec
        Nov
        Oct
        Aug
        Jul
        Jun
        May
        Apr
        Mar
        Feb
        Jan
      2010
        Dec
        Nov
        Oct
        Sep
        Aug
        Jul
        Jun
        May
        Apr
        Mar
        Feb
        Jan
      2009
        Dec
        Nov
        Oct
        Sep
        Aug
        Jul
        Jun
        May
        Apr
        Mar
        Feb
        Jan
      2008
        Dec
        Nov
        Oct
        Sep
        Aug
        Jul
        Jun
        May
        Apr
        Mar
        Feb
        Jan
      2007
        Dec
        Nov
        Oct
        Sep
        Aug
        Jul
        Jun
        May
        Apr
        Mar
        Feb
        Jan
      2006
        Dec
        Nov
        Oct
        Sep
        Aug
        Jul
        Jun
        May
        Apr
        Mar
      2005
        Dec
        Nov
        Oct
        Sep
        Aug
        Jul
        Jun
        May
        Apr
        Feb
        Jan
      2004
        Dec
        Nov
        Oct
        Sep
        Aug
        Jul
        Jun
        May
        Apr
        Mar
        Feb
        Jan
      2003
        Dec
        Nov
        Oct
        Sep
         

    Greg and Beth

    the political and personal musings of two
    mountaineers living in west-central Florida
     
    A Competition for Gun Bloggers Comment
    Gregory Morris, 10/22/07 12:23:32 pm
    To all the gun-bloggers out there (and gun-blog readers as well) my post about a recent convert just got me thinking... I've always said the #1 thing we can do to maintain our second amendment rights is educating the masses. That doesn't mean spouting off political and technical nonsense that will either go over their heads or piss them off. I mean we have to take newbies to the range. Lots of them. Every one of us should be doing this as often as possible. As much as our donations to the NRA are a Good Thing(TM), spending money at the range with "curious hoplophobes" is even better. The NRA has always said "take a kid hunting" and things of that nature, and I couldn't agree more. But a day at the range is much more accessible, requires only basic safety training, can be done at any time during the year, and doesn't cost much money. Pay the $30 for someone's range fee and a box of ammo. What can it hurt?

    David's "buy some ammo" day was a huge success... this could be too.

    Here's what I'm thinking, for a gun-blogger competition:
    -Keep a running tally of people you have taken to the range.
    -To qualify, the person has to fit into the "never touched a gun before" or "haven't shot a gun since that .22 when I was a kid" category.
    -You must offer basic firearms safety training (4 rules, operation instructions for models of firearm they will be shooting, etc.)
    -You are not required to pay for all expenses, but that certainly helps convince people to go with you.
    -If you took someone new in the last month, I'll count it.

    Scoring:
    -1 point for each newbie
    -1 bonus point if they ask to do it again
    -10 bonus points if they are an "Authorized Journalist"
    -15 bonus points if they are an elected official

    I'll keep a running tally of whatever people send me, and post monthly reports as needed. I'll think up some kind of prize to give-away (first person to break 25 newbies?) as well... Leave a comment or drop me an email if you are interested, or if you have ideas for improving my suggested rules.

    [Comments are closed after a month.]

    Re: A Competition for Gun Bloggers
    Gregory Morris, 10/22/07 12:31:28 pm
    Looks like AC gets the first score.
    Re: A Competition for Gun Bloggers
    Robb Allen, 10/22/07 7:14:02 pm
    I'm supposed to take a partial-hoplophobe (considers himself "neutral" which I read as "I believe what the media says"). I think he may have shot before, but still.

    My objective is open though - I aim to only change voting habits when it comes to gun laws. Nothing more, nothing less. If you end up liking it and want to own a gun, that's a bonus.
    Re: A Competition for Gun Bloggers
    Gregory Morris, 10/22/07 8:22:39 pm
    That's the goal isn't it? It is all about education, not conversion of a drooling liberal to a proud, gun-toting NRA member. Let me know how the trip goes (I'll add one or two points to your tally.) In fact, just give me a call when you go... my lovely wife needs some practice anyway.
    Re: A Competition for Gun Bloggers
    Gregory Morris, 10/23/07 6:21:26 pm
    Sebastian (PGP) scores a huge one. I think I'll add "former or current member of an anti-gun group" as a +10 bonus.

    Re: A Competition for Gun Bloggers
    Gregory Morris, 10/26/07 1:54:23 pm
    Another gunblogger scores
    Re: A Competition for Gun Bloggers
    jimbob86, 11/2/07 12:04:53 am
    How many points do we get if they like it so much they purchase their own gun? ???? Bonus Points for difficulty rating- like getting Diana Schimik (the Mrs. Fauntelroy of The Society For The Preservation of Everything of the Nebraska Unicameral) to take up IDPA......... that would be THE Trifecta.....
    Re: A Competition for Gun Bloggers
    Gregory Morris, 11/2/07 9:53:14 am
    Jimbob, next go-round, we'll add points for newbies buying their own gun. I just didn't really think that it fell within the scope of the competition, because I'm more concerned with education than selling guns.

    I think I included points for the most relevant "difficult persons". Politicians are most important to educate, IMHO. Journalists come in at a close second. Anti-gun organization members are hard, but less important (although any one we get is still a huge victory... I just don't think a trip to the range would change their puny little minds.)

    Remember, when I say "anti-gun organization", it doesn't HAVE to be the Brady Campaign. It can be any organized group that you can argue to me has a firm anti-gun philosophy.

    Oh, and if you get Paul Helmke to shoot an AR15 and admit it is fun... that is an immediate win.
    < "Releaving School-Caused Stress"
    "Commies Aren't Cool" >


    Older entries
    Blog RSS - Blog Comments RSS

    © 2008 Gregory Morris
    Notice: There are some areas of this website where everyone is permitted to post information. (In this case, information is defined as anything you can paste/type into an html form.) Do not post anything that cannot be legally put in the public domain. I have the absolute power to remove/modify/edit anything that is posted on this site. All original content on this website is owned solely by me, and cannot be redistributed without prior written consent. All information on this website is provided with absolutely no warranty. [Privacy Policy]
    Click Here for information about a
    FREE introduction to firearms
    safety and shooting.

    Answers to the
    Gun Control Questionnaire:
    Since this questionnaire began:
  • 'A' was selected 10950 times.
  • 'B' was selected 15356 times.
  • 'C' was selected 2742 times.
  • 'D' was selected 101299 times.


  • Search:



    Join The NRA!


    Second Amendment Foundation


    Ammo deals at Sportsman's Guide


    blab135x75.gif



    [399577]