Pro-gun ad in mankato free press

[Kilroy was here]

If this was one of you, thank you. Someone paid a hefty bill to get this in the mankato free press today.
http://mankatofreepress.mn.newsmemory.com/marketplace.php
(go to 12/31/2012, the third add)
It's about time we start seeing something pro-gun in the news, even if we had to pay for it. I don't know about you but I am going to personally thank this guy in E-mail.

[westhope]

See page A02 for ad.

Stated ad cost $981.72.

Not placed by me.

[Joe Camo]

Never read the Mankato Free Press before, just looked at it quickly on-line just now, but I find it Interesting that he had to pay to have his opinion published and that they couldn't put it in the "Your View" section (or the Opinions or Letters to Editor sections if the paper has those) - I'm guessing those sections would be free. At any rate, the writer is spot on and I commend him for publishing his thoughts, even though it cost him handsomely. I'm sending him an email to personally tell him so.

JC

[CarryCauseICan]

Thanks for sharing. I emailed him a thank you too. He probably had to pay for the spot because the Free Press' left leaning editors wouldn't print it!

[2in2out]

Thanks for posting the link. Mankato is like my second home, after spending 5 years there getting drunk er, I mean, attending college.

I think something like this is better if it's shorter. If I already thought people shouldn't own those evil high capacity clips or deadly assault weapons, I think my eyes would glaze over after the first few sentences.

It's better - in my opinion - to keep it short and simple. For instance, how about an entire week of ads, and each one consisted of a pro-gun quote (like the ones he used in his big ad)? So, every day, a reader finds a quote by a respected founder of this country, and they think, "ya know, that's a good point". If we each took a major newspaper in the state, that would cover a lot of ground in a hurry.

Big speeches or long-worded letters are only good for two things - keeping those who support you fired up, and entertaining people who don't have anything else to do. The target audience isn't either of those - it's the people who don't have a lot of time, and have already been suffocated by the Distinguished Senator from CA's media machine.

Just a thought, and that's only my opinion.

[bstrawse]

I e-mailed a thank you note and offered to send a donation. It was nearly $1k to post this - I think we should help him cover the costs!

Bryan

[45Badger]

Great sentiment, but the guy needs an editor. The delivery is just as important as the message contents. His rambling and unfocused writing will be used by many on the other side of the argument to dismiss what we (in the gun community) understand. The great middle will not be swayed by poor writing and communication skills any more than they are by bombastic crap from either side.

[solidgun]

Great sentiment, but the guy needs an editor. The delivery is just as important as the message contents. His rambling and unfocused writing will be used by many on the other side of the argument to dismiss what we (in the gun community) understand. The great middle will not be swayed by poor writing and communication skills any more than they are by bombastic crap from either side.

Perhaps we can collect funds here to do the same on one of the major papers in the Twin Cities.