The anti-gun playbook explained

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The anti-gun playbook explained

Post by Member-Deleted » 08 Jul 2018, 9:02 am

This article is a little turgid in parts but stick with it as there are some fascinating insights into the strategies employed against LAFO.

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/ ... 4zp80.html

Some gems include:

They also decided to frame gun violence less as a crime issue and more as a public health problem. "We broke it down into the classic epidemiological model of agent, host, vector and environment," says Chapman. "With malaria, for instance, the agent is the Plasmodium parasite, the vector is the carrier mosquito, the host is the person who gets bitten, and so on. With gun reform, the agent was the gun, the host was the victim, the vector was the gun lobby, and the environment is the public and political climate around the issue.

Guns are, at their very core, weaponised bullying, which makes confronting the gun lobby particularly daunting.


So much of the conversation about gun violence is about geopolitics and lofty ideals. But really, when it comes down to it, it's about the gun. That's what makes people die."

and a reminder from them to think about what we post here:
He and Peters also began lurking around internet chat rooms used by shooters. "We'd use pseudonyms and write things like, 'Hey fellas, I actually don't think a little regulation is a bad idea,' " Chapman says. "We'd then see how people responded, and that would help us shape our arguments in future."
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Re: The anti-gun playbook explained

Post by tom604 » 08 Jul 2018, 9:48 am

long read but very interesting, still a "blame the gun" not the person argument .
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Re: The anti-gun playbook explained

Post by No1_49er » 08 Jul 2018, 11:14 am

A long read, but it does show their "thought" process.
A TV news item last night about the shooting death of two teenagers, and their father, drifted to the inevitable; the need for more gun control. Who do you think they interviewed? None other than another deluded individual, name of Chapman. Remember him from the article? His slant on improving things is to have a robust vetting system such as Canada has. What he failed to recognise is that system also operates in New Zealand, and that both countries have abandoned the universal registration of long arms. Yes, there are restraints on pistols and semi-auto rifles, but not an outright ban. The "gun control" numptys are probably well aware of that but it doesn't fit their argument.
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Re: The anti-gun playbook explained

Post by straightshooter » 08 Jul 2018, 12:19 pm

I beg to differ.
There is no 'thought' process at all in play.
These people are not independent actors they activists and their game isn't about thinking it's about convincing undecided people with targeted propaganda and reinforcing the beliefs of people who have come to support their point of view all on behalf of their real 'paymasters'.
In the end it's all part of the 'boiling frogs' process.
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Re: The anti-gun playbook explained

Post by wanneroo » 09 Jul 2018, 2:34 am

The quest to remove guns is all a part of the plan for total government control of people's lives. They will use or say anything, any lie they need to further that quest and move the football down the field.
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Re: The anti-gun playbook explained

Post by Gaznazdiak » 09 Jul 2018, 9:56 am

straightshooter wrote:I beg to differ.
There is no 'thought' process at all in play.
These people are not independent actors they activists and their game isn't about thinking it's about convincing undecided people with targeted propaganda and reinforcing the beliefs of people who have come to support their point of view all on behalf of their real 'paymasters'.
In the end it's all part of the 'boiling frogs' process.


The trouble is, even we "frogs" who feel the gradual increase in the water temperature haven't been able to do a great deal about it.

I see it as just another symptom of the attitude that started with "Don't call me girl" and will no doubt lead to constitutional changes to allow for land rights for transgender whales.
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