I don't know how much support I'll get for this: everything is political whether its engagement in civil administration or making decisions in the management of our families, schools, clubs, parties, churches and mosques. We bring our values to all of them, some more forcefully by plutocrats and aristocrats.
Freedom of expression is protected to a fairly high level in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Europe and a couple dozen other countries. The younger generation knows all the tools of communication and how to use them, particularly the pervasive social media. Our side has been losing for decades.
Ten years ago here I said that enjoyment of the shooting sports as I know it will be gone within my lifetime or shortly after. Nothing has dissuaded me from that opinion. A whole new generation has grown up disengaged from the land and killing things as it sought shelter and jobs in the cities.
Those of us who fought in Canada to preserve what we considered an integral part of our culture opened a big tent without distinctions between conservatives and liberals and the usual lunatics on the fringe who remain abiding companions. The result was satisfactory. We had media coverage. We appealed to common sense.
Blaming the media for the pickle we're in is, to me, like saying more education is the answer for any problem when the solution is action of a kind that more intelligent audiences have grown to expect. Choosing a fighting man on his politics is a good way to die in a foxhole.
Organizations I belong to, including shooting sports, have access to media. The US has an entire TV network and federal political party generous to our points of view. Staring in our face, however, are demographics that see the world another way from ours. But we'll change a few more regulations here, starting with storage.
By appealing to common sense, not whining, special pleading.
