Eyeballs
First, it was magazine ads and internet TV. Jim talks about getting more mainstream eyeballs on guns:
A non-scientific survey of shooters, discussion boards, blogs and such shows an widespread approval of the two ads – and the idea of going to a lifestyle magazine that is reaching a new audience.
Conversations with Freedom Group officials indicate there is no reluctance to bring their products – in a responsible context – to the mainstream.
Though TeeVee is going to be a challenge, some say a viable media strategy will work.
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:31 am
Now is the time. The anti’s are tangled up in the wreck of the Obama administration. They can’t move.
How wrecked is the Obama administration? This wrecked:
(“…a folk song about politicians and bank failures.”
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:08 pm
In a down-economy advertising revenues are shrinking, increasing acceptability – now’s the time to get more ads out there.
October 23rd, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Here are some students from Columbia University who have an idea to get machine guns on TeeVee:
They’re hoping the controversy it generates will help us fight for 2A rights.
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:17 pm
Somewhere along the way I remember reading something about “gun ads” being barred from advertising in certain media such as TV.
I could be wrong; certainly wouldn’t be the first time.
October 24th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
There’s no ban on gun ads. Ever watch the gun porn shows on cable?
Sometimes there are local shop or gunshow ads on broadcast as well.
October 25th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
elodbob, that is a good idea, but behind it I sense the usual Ovidian student scheme to get no-fee barbeque. Of arms, the man, and a free lunch do they sing. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.