ISRA Special Alert

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SPECIAL ALERT - FRIDAY QUICK QUIP <br />
This week's Quick Quip is the first of three installments dedicated to who the gun controllers are, and how to deal with them. The series is built on the premise that the world is made up of two types of people - those who take a traditional view of the Second Amendment, and then there is everyone else. Either someone is fully on our side, or they are not. In the battle to restore our rights, fence-sitters count for nothing.<br />
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For the purpose of this series, those who are not on our side are broken down into three groups: low-information types; true believers; and political hacks. This week's installment will deal with low-information types.<br />
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When it comes to gun rights, "low information types" are probably the biggest impediment to the restoration of the right to keep and bear arms. Almost by definition, low-information types really won't take the time or effort to learn about an issue. Rather, they are impacted most by whichever voice screams the loudest. Whatever they know about the world around them is gleaned from headlines, sound bytes heard on the radio, or "something" they may have heard "somewhere." <br />
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The low-information types are not stupid, they are just lazy and easily distracted. The problem with low-information types is that the anti-gun media targets them specifically with sensationalism and easy to remember catch phrases. "Universal background check," or "deadly assault weapon," or "high capacity magazine" are all examples of meaningless phrases easily absorbed by low-information types. By design, the media offers low-information types a simple means of forming an opinion on a complex issue. Yet, the formation of that opinion is not based on reality and not backed by hard facts. <br />
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It's a safe bet that most readers have encountered these low-information types. He's the annoying brother-in-law who spews his baseless opinions around the holiday dinner table while stuffing crescent rolls in his mouth two at a time. She's the office know-it-all who believes that the validity of her opinions is directly proportional to how loud she voices them. Low-information types are an aggravating, yet inescapable component of the gun-rights debate.<br />
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The most effective way to deal with low-information types is to avoid arguments with them in the first place. They won't listen to reason. They cannot absorb the facts. Arguments only entrench their antigun beliefs. Debates just become exercises in futility.<br />
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None of this is to say that low-information types cannot be swayed - many can. Low-information types often respond well to strong stimuli, and there are no stronger stimuli than the noise, smells, and sense of exhilaration of going out to the range for an afternoon of shooting.<br />
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So, rather than arguing with your gluttonous brother-in-law about clips versus magazines, take him to the range and let him pop rounds off from everything in your arsenal. Then, on the way home, stop off and buy him a hot, greasy burger, an order of cheesy fries, and a chocolate shake. Let him savor the moment. Let him beam over his marksmanship accomplishments. Chances are, a couple of hours at the range will at least fade the anti-gun notions planted in his head by the gun grabbers.<br />
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Next week: The True Believers<br />
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