Framing the danger of guns as a public health risk will change the debate over gun control

Washington post ^ | 5/2/2014 | Danny Franklin,

[rktman]

Messaging as laid out in the "guide" shown in the link below?

http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/748675/gun-violencemessaging-guide-pdf-1.pdf

[rktman]

How about an active link:

http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/748675/gun-violencemessaging-guide-pdf-1.pdf

[rarestia]

So message it as a public health issue without addressing the positive effects on crime with armed citizenry? NAH! Let’s just cherry pick our statistics. The idiot, drooling masses don’t need to know the truth.

[M Kehoe]

The Danny Franklins may come and go, but the tyrant still wants your guns.

5.56mm

[BenLurkin]

[Luke21]

The message hasn’t changed since 1968.

[Erik Latranyi]

With regard to Obamacare, we are told “it’s law of the land... stop trying to repeal it”.

With Climate Change, we are told “it’s settled science”... stop denying it.

But, despite multiple Supreme Court rulings, multiple “laws of the land”, liberals never give up trying to eliminate firearm rights.

[Biggirl]

.....Which will all FAIL.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I know! I know!

Make everything on the Liberal wish list a matter of "public health risk."

That way they can do anything they want and nobody can stop them because if you try you want to endanger the public health!

[rktman]

True, but at least they have a professionally done guide on how best to frame their message, thereby confusing low/no info voters without “offending” gun owners.

[publius911]

Framing the danger of guns as a public health risk will change the debate over gun control

No it won't.
It's been tried for over a decade, and it hasn't worked yet!

Remember Joycelyn Elders' "safer bullets?"

[Sivad]

Whatever.

The danger of gun confiscation is even a greater health risk.

[VRW Conspirator]

Messaging matters in every political issue.

And what does gun rights or gun safety have to do with getting our economy back and getting people employed, Danny Franklin?

[publius911]

The Second Amendment is in the Bill of Rights.
The Bill of Rights cannot be "amended."

DEAL WITH IT!!

[going hot]

“sayfer”

[Fido969]

This idea is a retread.

[DownInFlames]

Correct! The Bill of Rights are inalienable.

[UB355]

As usual with these liberal meme pieces the first sentence is wrong.

Advocates for gun violence prevention win the logical debate

[lastchance]

Hasn’t this been tried before? When it was tried before wasn’t it shown that statistics were manipulated to present conclusions that did not stand up under scrutiny?

[G Larry]

The only “risk” to health, is NOT carrying, or, challenging someone who is.