Millions are spent on gun control initiatives every year and there are so many other ways that this money could benefit our country; food and shelter for our homeless, lower cost for higher education or training to educate on gun safety, and these are only a few! One man alone has spent over 50 million trying to strip our rights from us. Guns do save lives! We know this and so do the gun control advocates but they will never admit it! In my opinion the Pro-gun community needs to focus on educating the individuals in the middle of the debate, this is where we can win the fight for our rights.

Several months ago I had a conversation with a co-worker that really had no opinion on the subject but added he really did not understand why normal citizens needed military weapons. I asked if he was referring to the black rifle with a pistol grip that’s always shown on news reports. He said “yes, that’s the one”. I then told him that the rifle he’s referring to is a semi-automatic rifle that’s made to look like the famous M16. It isn’t an automatic rifle. His response was simply “really, it’s not an automatic?” He confessed he didn’t know much about guns but he just thought it was an automatic that was capable of shooting hundreds of bullets in a matter of seconds.

The main stream media has so many more resources than we have and its an uphill battle to spread the truth. Many of the Pro-gun supporters that I know and myself included very rarely discuss firearms; it’s like politics and religion. Discussing firearms can quickly go south and most of us do not want to jeopardize working or social relationships, but this could be a perfect opportunity for us every day pro-gun folks to educate those that just don’t know. Kind of sounds like a double edged sword doesn’t it? Dammed if you do, damned if you don’t!