tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post2266921102697029355..comments2024-01-05T12:03:52.460-05:00Comments on No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money: GRPC 2015: Using Media To Advance Gun RightsJohn Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151468462458613615noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-86764797463396014552015-10-04T12:43:03.449-04:002015-10-04T12:43:03.449-04:00I think I had his work in mind when I wrote that. ...I think I had his work in mind when I wrote that. I participated in BBS (bulletin board systems) and CompuServe prior to the Internet so it made a lot of sense to me.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05216105142969061557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-41010929274210618072015-10-03T20:56:05.746-04:002015-10-03T20:56:05.746-04:00You were great. All hail, John! All hail, John!You were great. All hail, John! All hail, John!CapitalistPighttp://www.greatsataninc.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-80756774016070569852015-10-02T16:37:56.973-04:002015-10-02T16:37:56.973-04:00Well said sir! Not that you need academic validati...Well said sir! Not that you need academic validation, but your comments reminded me of Brian Anse Patrick’s book, Rise of the Anti-Media: In-Forming America’s Concealed Weapon Carry Movement. He attributes the success of the movement in part to the "anti-media": Proponents of concealed carry bypass the traditional news media and use horizontal media and communication strategies instead. The diffusion of shall-issue concealed carry and of the World Wide Web from the 1990s on is not a mere coincidence by this argument. Clearly the "new (social) media" are part of this going forward, as you say so well!<br /><br />You can read about his argument more fully here: https://gunculture2point0.wordpress.com/2014/07/11/explaining-the-success-of-the-concealed-weapon-carry-movement-and-the-failure-of-its-opponents/DavidYhttp://www.gunculture2point0.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-59310716011303959802015-09-30T21:37:34.410-04:002015-09-30T21:37:34.410-04:00Great Talk, John. Was a pleasure to meet and speak...Great Talk, John. Was a pleasure to meet and speak with you at GRPC! See you again next year. <br /><br />Tom762Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-33942263446129892362015-09-30T20:01:23.866-04:002015-09-30T20:01:23.866-04:00The first amendment is the tool to defend the seco...The first amendment is the tool to defend the second, without violence. The second protects the first, with it when necessary.PANTERA VAZQUEZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576203959546963951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-7813308007388888592015-09-30T19:53:59.259-04:002015-09-30T19:53:59.259-04:00Very well done John! Thanks for stepping up and re...Very well done John! Thanks for stepping up and representing us so well!!! :-)Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-65645371282312452822015-09-30T19:53:55.935-04:002015-09-30T19:53:55.935-04:00Very well done John! Thanks for stepping up and re...Very well done John! Thanks for stepping up and representing us so well!!! :-)Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-8037694167023501852015-09-29T12:09:28.380-04:002015-09-29T12:09:28.380-04:00It's a good speech. The New Media is the prefe...It's a good speech. The New Media is the preferred weapon in the culture war against the anti-freedom coalition. It is every bit as much a "force multiplier" as a firearm is in a violent confrontation; anyone willing to put in the time and effort to build a following and readership wields influence equal to the talking heads on TV, and they do it from their own living room.<br /><br />Just as the Second Amendment protects our right to own and operate conventional weapons, the First Amendment protects our right to own and operate cultural ones.<br /><br />Moreover, we link to each others' writings and videos. We're networked. We share and pass on information we find relevant. Unlike the Old Media, we don't compete over readers. Our goal is the spread of information, not ratings. This is our greatest advantage, and why we win.Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378629103793458871noreply@blogger.com