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Once again TXI has veered this topic way off course with semantics. I believe the OP's topic was intended to discuss ways to promote pro 2nd issues and how he does so. He also wanted to know how other members do this, if they do.

Arguing about why a certain method is used is NOT what he started the thread for.

Please continue... but this time, keep it on topic.

308nato wrote:I also stopped using Google when in order to set up in china they made it easier to track down any online dissenters that use the words like freedom,democracy or any other free thinking ideas. when confronted
about they said we are just following the laws of the country.
Yeah I did nothing wrong I was following orders.

Thanks for mentioning that one – I had forgotten it or I'd not heard it!

My 2 cents.. it takes all kinds.

Maybe I am asking for a beating, do we need to be so hard on this guy? At least he is trying to encourage gun support. It seems to me we (gun-owners) should be enthusiastic about anyones approach to promoting gun ownership. He is not, afterall, standing around with a sign opposing guns.

tsteven1 I would try to stay away from looking like a radical, people usually will dismiss your viewpoint without even listening. I am not saying you have crossed over into that, but I think that merely speaking with people does the most good. Letting them know you are a regular above-average guy, and that it is ok to support guns.

Of course there are some of us (me included) that just love our BDU's and NRA hats and can't help but look, and act, a bit on the radical side. '

Edit : less confrontational.

tsteven1 wrote:Gunners;
I use Yahoo Search, instead of Google.
I no longer rent at Blockbuster.

Good for you…you’re voting with your dollars and in the commercial market place money talks, and everything else walks. But it’s not clear that Google or Blockbuster know you “voted�.

Sending a well written and non-confrontational letter letting them know you “shopped� elsewhere based on their lack of support for your second amendment rights would ensure your vote was counted.

Personally I steer clear of writing a dissertation on why I have the right, or what the “real� interpretation is of the 2nd amendment. The reality is the business managers don’t care about the constitution or your rights. What they do care about is your dollars went to the competition. Keep the note on that level, and by all means, be polite!

Harr, gunners;
I've got an update, gracias to seamustx hisself! I recently had to take my 5 toed dogs to the podiatrist. (I'm talking about my feet, investigater.) Anyhoo, he's a great young fella. I asked if I could place my NRA, TSRA, and 'Outdoor Life' rags in his magazine rack after reading them. Success!
And the office manager lady has told me that she's seen limpers like me reading the aforementioned. Onward Christian Soldiers!

tsteven1 wrote:I asked if I could place my NRA, TSRA, and 'Outdoor Life' rags in his magazine rack after reading them. Success!
And the office manager lady has told me that she's seen limpers like me reading the aforementioned.

Good for you.

I used to leave my magazines in the break room at work. Most of them sat around until they got dog-eared, but someone started throwing away my NRA magazines as soon as I put them out. They'd be in with the coffee grounds and banana peels.

- Jim

surveillance, Jim, surveillance!

Before you, seamus, suggested leaving stuff at the doctor's office, I was taking stuff over to the Fort Bliss Rod & Gun Club, but that was like preaching to the choir. I'm also a frequent user of my NRA and TSRA ballcaps.

I forgot to mention... I have been using the NRA Institute for Legislative Action, (ILA,) card since I first heard of it.

tsteven1 wrote:I forgot to mention... I have been using the NRA Institute for Legislative Action, (ILA,) card since I first heard of it.

First I've heard of it. What is it?

On the magazine note i frequent a barber shop staffed by all female barbers. They aren't particularly pro gun, fishing hunting, or even sports. I've offered to stock them with tasteful 'oriented' material. :-)

lrb111 wrote:On the magazine note i frequent a barber shop staffed by all female barbers. They aren't particularly pro gun, fishing hunting, or even sports. I've offered to stock them with tasteful 'oriented' material. :-)

My barbershop is also all wimmin-folk. (Only the owner is a barber; the rest are beauticians, and you can thank the restrictive Texas Barbering Commission for that. The only meaningful difference in the two licenses is using a razor to shave; reasonable people might think that changing from beautician to barber would only require demonstrating proficiency at shaving, but the Barbering Commission is not reasonable at all. They'd have to take the entire two years of study all over again.)

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Anyhoo, this five-gal barbershop is well stocked with Manly Reading: Outdoor Life (despite Zumbo), Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Auto Trader, various hunting and gun mags, and American Classifieds (aka "Thrifty Nickel").

KBCraig wrote:

lrb111 wrote:On the magazine note i frequent a barber shop staffed by all female barbers. They aren't particularly pro gun, fishing hunting, or even sports. I've offered to stock them with tasteful 'oriented' material. :-)

My barbershop is also all wimmin-folk. (Only the owner is a barber; the rest are beauticians, and you can thank the restrictive Texas Barbering Commission for that. The only meaningful difference in the two licenses is using a razor to shave; reasonable people might think that changing from beautician to barber would only require demonstrating proficiency at shaving, but the Barbering Commission is not reasonable at all. They'd have to take the entire two years of study all over again.)

</rant>

Anyhoo, this five-gal barbershop is well stocked with Manly Reading: Outdoor Life (despite Zumbo), Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Auto Trader, various hunting and gun mags, and American Classifieds (aka "Thrifty Nickel").

The young lady that cuts my hair is the owner, and she is a barber. Don't get her started on "beauticians and male cosmetologists" while she's cutting your hair, either.