larsgesing wrote:Hello,
I am a producer for German TV in the U.S., and given the topic of this discussion, I thought I'd share a story we are working on. Given the wall-to-wall coverage of student gun reform protests recently, we are working on a story about high school students/teenagres who are arguing to defend the 2nd Amendment and who are against more regulations of gun purchases. I will be in Dallas this week for the NRA convention. Is there somebody here who could put me in touch with students who can talk about their positive feelings toward guns? We feel like this perspective falls way short in the national media coverage, and we would like to do our part to change that. So if anybody can help, I'd appreciate any leads. My email address is
lgesing@ard-usa.com.
Best,
Lars
A few things for you to consider as you research this subject:
1. Statistics over the past couple of decades overwhelming demonstrate that individuals who hold a license to carry a firearm are one of the most - if not THE most - law-abiding segment of our society. This is true in Texas as well as nationwide.
2. If you read through this forum, you'll see a lot of people complaining about not being able to carry their legally-licensed pistol into the venue where the VP and POTUS are speaking - at a convention to support our 2nd Amendment rights. You've seen many people explain how nonsensical that is. What you have NOT seen is anyone advocating that we should just carry anyway - i.e. violate the law. In fact, many will likely choose not to attend, rather than violate the law. See #1.
Common sense (and recent events) will tell you that if someone intends to do harm to one of those speakers, the fact that the law says firearms are not allowed will have ZERO IMPACT on their plans. In fact, the safest place those two gentlemen could possibly be - outside a bunker - is in Texas, in a room full of LTC holders.
