This is from a friend of mine who organizes counter demonstrations. One notable thing he did was organize a counter rally at a local gun shop. When the supporters of freedom outnumbered the protesters, the news media packed up without covering it at all…..no news can be good news. I like his idea about countering this particular protest, and I’m willing to get tables at the big gun shows here in Washington to get people involved, I am willing to go to the larger gun shops and post information and coordinate a local event on the same days these protests go on throughout the country. That is, unless we girls want to coordinate and hit the event itself, and I’ll work on the fundraising with the MS Gun Club. Anyway, below is the post, I think it’s a worthy cause, especially for the WAGC. And we can do this regionally.
Do you know about the following plans by the anti-gun people?

A friend of mine had an idea that if implemented correctly could be of great
use to our side. The idea is for hundreds or thousands of women to have
4177 pairs of panties (the number of rapes that would have been avoided
yearly had right to carry laws been in effect in the rest of the states –
according to John Lott Jr.) laying on the ground similar to the empty shoes
thing by the other side.

It might be possible that I can get some financial support from the
Microsoft Gun Club (and possibly other places as well) for things like
travel and stuff like that. Not a lot, but probably non-trivial.

I’ve briefly discussed this with John Barnett (from The Second Amendment
Foundation) and he thought it was a good idea as long as there were no men
visibly involved and ideally the spokeswomen should be victims.

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January 24, 2000

Silent March Action Alert

For Immediate Release:
January 24, 2000

Submitted By:
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Action Alert!
Volunteers needed for Silent March “Empty Shoes Protest” at
Republican/Democratic Conventions

The Silent March: Americans Against Gun Violence is a grassroots campaign
that uses shoes to show the human toll taken by guns in the US. This
summer The Silent March will protest at the Republican & Democratic
Conventions-with a devastating display of 30,000 pairs of empty shoes,
equal to the number of people killed by guns in 1 year. States will run
local Silent Marches, as well. The Silent March supports federal
regulation of the design, manufacture, distribution, marketing & ownership
of firearms.

We Need – You! The Silent March is seeking activists to join our campaign.
To do what? Bring the issue to the attention of local candidates & media.
Send shoes. Collect shoes from victims, parents & kids, and citizens.
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Join Summer “Shoes Protest” at Conventions. It will take political
will, not medical breakthroughs, to stop this epidemic. Raise your voice
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the Liberty Bell.Democratic Convention. August, Los Angeles (date, place
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fact-finding project designed for high school students. Limited
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