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Democratic anti-gun 'guide' urged using Trayvon Martin's death to hit NRA, guns
Washington Examiner ^ | August 7, 2013 | Paul Bedard

Posted on 08/07/2013 10:10:05 AM PDT by neverdem

Just revealed Democratic anti-NRA talking points urge anti-gun advocates and politicians to hype high-profile gun incidents like the Florida slaying of Trayvon Martin to win support for new gun control laws.

In talking points likely followed by top Democratic leaders including President Obama after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in December, the anti-gun "guide" urged gun foes to speak out when a shooting "creates a unique climate" to shout down the National Rifle Association.

"The most powerful time to communicate is when concern and emotions are running at their peak," said the 80-page document titled "Preventing Gun Violence Through Effective Messaging," and produced by three Democratic firms led by the polling and research outfit Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research.

The guide was produced in 2012, before the Sandy Hook shootings. According to a report posted on NRA News, it was developed to help anti-gun advocates in Washington State's effort to control gun purchases, though it clearly has national overtones and uses, especially as groups like Mayors Against Illegal Guns — a Greenberg Quinlan Rosner client — expand their fight for gun control.

The guide spells out how to talk about gun control and when to press the issue, the best time being in the wake of a publicized shooting. For example, it calls on gun control advocates to speak out, "don't wait" for the facts, after a shooting like Martin's heightens awareness of the issue.

"The debate over gun violence in America is periodically punctuated by high-profile gun violence incidents including Columbine, Virginia Tech, Tucson, the Trayvon Martin killing, Aurora, and Oak Creek. When an incident such as these attracts sustained media attention, it creates a unique climate for our communications efforts," said the guide.

"A high-profile gun violence incident temporarily draws more people into the conversation about gun violence," added the talking points. "We should rely on emotionally powerful language, feelings and images to bring home the terrible impact of gun violence," said the guide, which also urged advocates use images of scary looking guns and shooting scenes to make their point.

Clearly the president and other Democratic leaders followed the talking points in the aftermath of the horrific Newtown, Conn. shootings last December. The talking points, for example, suggest phrases politicians should use speaking about mass shootings, and at least three were adopted by the president in just one speech last March on gun violence. Despite the Obama led effort, during which he sometimes surrounded himself with the families of Sandy Hook victims, Congress didn't adopt any gun control legislation.

Much of the focus of the guide is the National Rifle Association, which the Democratic consultants warned is considered a "mainstream organization by most Americans." While slapping the NRA to liberals is accepted, "when we are communicating with the general public, we need to be aware of the fact that, beyond our base, people have a positive impression of the organization and it's role."

The talking points even include language politicians should not direct at the NRA including, "The NRA is an extremist organization and they have to be stopped."

Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at pbedard@washingtonexaminer.com.


TOPICS: Editorial
KEYWORDS: alinskytactics; banglist; blackkk; democrats; effectivemessaging; florida; fraud; georgezimmerman; guncontrol; liberalfascism; maig; nocompromise; propaganda; secondamendment; trayvon; trayvonmartin; youwillnotdisarmus; zimmerman
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To: neverdem

Use Trayvon Martin to push gun control?
Are they IDIOTS (well yes)
Martin should be used to trumpet concealed carry. Zimmerman would possibly be dead if he had not had the means to shoot Martian and stop his attack. Our Country is upside down!


21 posted on 08/07/2013 12:22:59 PM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Where can I go to sign up for the American Revolution 2013 and the Crusades 2013?)
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To: Cyber Liberty
I don’t know if I can shoot one straight. It’s pointless to have a soul-killing round when I can’t hit the target.

Maybe "The Judge" is not the answer, but it might help. Gun supposedly got it's name from the fact that a the number of judges carry it into the courtroom for their protection.

and use Winchester PDX ammo

22 posted on 08/07/2013 12:48:15 PM PDT by Oatka (This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)
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To: Oatka

If you’re going to spend the money for a Judge, spend a bit more and get the Governor. One more round, better ergonomics, and made in America. Plus, 410 & 45 ACP as well as 45 long colt can be shot in it.


23 posted on 08/07/2013 12:52:48 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: Oatka

I have one of those...didn’t know about that ammo, though. I need to look that up.


24 posted on 08/07/2013 1:35:49 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Justice for Trayvon: Dig up his body and shoot him again.)
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To: Ray76

No doubt about it......unless St. Skittles was truly suicidal.


25 posted on 08/07/2013 3:14:38 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: neverdem
Never trust anyone (politician or otherwise) who will not trust you with a gun.
26 posted on 08/07/2013 3:16:04 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks neverdem.


27 posted on 08/07/2013 3:20:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

“...The commie libs don’t care about their toddler, Trayvon. This is about the anti-gun Nazis confiscating guns....”

The communists (black democrats and guilt-ridden, mentally-diseased whites) know that they cannot totally overthrow and control the country with an armed populace. They will use whatever propaganda they can find to change that. Hundreds of their “toddlers” are killed every year...by each other, but they don’t care. What they do care about is disarming whitey so that they can pull an overthrow like they did in Rhodesia....


28 posted on 08/07/2013 6:06:09 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: neverdem; Abathar; Abcdefg; Abram; Abundy; albertp; Alexander Rubin; Allosaurs_r_us; amchugh; ...
The guide spells out how to talk about gun control and when to press the issue, the best time being in the wake of a publicized shooting. For example, it calls on gun control advocates to speak out, "don't wait" for the facts ...



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29 posted on 08/07/2013 6:11:16 PM PDT by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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To: neverdem
"The most powerful time to communicate is when concern and emotions are running at their peak,"

DUH!

Although COMMUNICATE is probably the wrong word...

31 posted on 08/07/2013 7:42:53 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: neverdem

Never let a crisis go to waste! The Democrat mantra.


32 posted on 08/08/2013 8:28:30 AM PDT by CSM (Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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To: neverdem
...it calls on gun control advocates to speak out, "don't wait" for the facts, after a shooting like Martin's heightens awareness of the issue. "The debate over gun violence in America ...

For liberals it's not a 'debate' it's a manipulation based on lies and half truths...

33 posted on 08/09/2013 3:26:24 AM PDT by GOPJ (Sob stories make bad law...)
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