While the conversation over the 2nd Amendment has not been at the top of the news agenda lately, the debate continues. Americans on the left argue that only stricter gun legislation can stop gun homicides. Conservatives point out the fact that mass shootings and other gun deaths occur despite the 20,000 gun laws that are already on the books.
Recently, March For Our Lives, a pro-gun control organization that was formed in the aftermath of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, held an event in Tallahassee. Since their inception, the group has hosted a variety of demonstrations across the country.
Supporters of the 2nd Amendment formed March For Our Rights as a response to an anti-gun movement that has become increasingly vocal. Members of this organization use their events to argue for gun rights and more effective solutions to mass shootings and homicides.
While activists on both sides of the debate are passionate about their positions, the differences between the two groups are deeper than their views on firearms. There is a distinct dichotomy in the types of people who support gun control and those who oppose it.
March For Our Lives
March For Our Lives has held numerous events across the country since it was formed in February. It was formed with the involvement of some of the survivors of the Parkland school shooting. While David Hogg and Emma Gonzalez are seen as the faces of the movement, there are plenty of others who both fund and participate in their demonstrations.
A myriad of left-wing organizations is involved in March For Our Lives. The event that the organization held in March was supported by The Women’s March, Soros-funded MoveOn.org, and Planned Parenthood. These organizations provided money and assistance with logistics and planning.
Several high-profile celebrities donated significant sums of money for the event. These include Oprah Winfrey, George and Amal Clooney, and Steven Spielberg. Other famous individuals like Justin Bieber, Jessica Alba, and Reese Witherspoon also voiced their support on social media.
Last, but certainly not least, March For Our Lives has the unwavering support of the establishment media, who constantly showcased the survivors of the Parkland shooting while all but ignoring those who did not favor additional gun legislation. Indeed, shortly after the incident, CNN held a town hall on gun control that was decidedly biased against the pro-gun crowd.
The primary message of March For Our Lives is that the government should pass additional laws to curtail gun homicides. They claim that they are not pushing for a ban on firearms – and for most of this crowd, that statement appears to be true. But there is a significant number of left-leaning Americans who do favor a ban. Participants in the group’s events seem to believe that government is the only solution to this problem – they do not argue for any other potential remedies that could address gun deaths.
March For Our Rights
March For Our Rights is an organization focused on opposing unnecessary, ineffective, and overly restrictive gun legislation. They advocate for the rights of law-abiding gun owners and argue for more practical solutions to mass shootings and gun homicides.
The organization – which held its own event in July – is made up primarily of Americans who have seen that their positions are not being presented in the news media. There does not seem to be any celebrities who have supported the movement. Instead, people like Parkland shooting survivor Kyle Kashuv and others have stepped up to help the group gain exposure.
Xena Amirani, a 19-year-old student at the University of Southern California, serves as the chairwoman of the group. She has stated that their primary funding sources are smaller, individual donations. Amirani, the child of Iranian immigrants who considers herself a libertarian, conducted research on firearms and the 2nd Amendment and became an avid supporter of gun rights.
Amirani told Newsweek that they started the movement “due to a negative reaction we had directly with the media in the wake of the Parkland shooting and March For Our Lives…There was no publicity assisting us.”
While March For Our Rights has not received much attention from the establishment media, they have been supported by the National Rifle Association. Amirani and other members of the group have been featured on NRATV. Conservative site PragerU has also showcased the group.
Maj Toure – the founder of Black Guns Matter – is also affiliated with the group. He has spoken at some of their events and advocates tirelessly for gun rights. He told Newsweek that “all gun control is racist.” He also stated that “African Americans have a rich history with firearms.”
What Is The Difference?
When you take a closer look, it’s easy to see that the supporters of both groups are very different. March For Our Lives enjoys support from wealthy celebrities; most of whom are not likely to ever be faced with a situation where their lives are threatened. These are not run-of-the-mill Americans; they are members of an elite class who employ armed security and live in gated homes. The activists who protest with this organizations are supported by people who are not as vulnerable to a mass shooting or gun homicide as they are.
The members of the anti-gun crowd do not seem willing to entertain solutions other than more government when it comes to gun violence. Despite the fact that aggressive gun laws have been shown to be an ineffective preventative measure against homicides, they eschew any other potential countermeasures.
On the other hand, March For Our Rights are not funded by the elite class; they are supported by regular, everyday Americans who don’t want to see the government take more steps towards limiting their 2nd Amendment rights. While they do not have the establishment media on their side, they do have something else: The American public.
Earlier this year, a Gallup poll revealed that the majority of Americans favor conservative strategies when it comes to preventing mass shootings. Like much of America, March For Our Rights is willing to consider sensible gun laws; they also realize that other factors like mental health and security measures in school are better ways to prevent the loss of life from firearms. As long as conservatives continue to reinforce the importance of gun rights, no amount of media coverage and celebrity support can convince the public that more government is the answer.
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Anonymous
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rev_dave
Thanks Jeff for trying to sort out some of the ‘sides’ around gun rights. Hopefully some of those who are ‘undecided’ about the guns, or confused by conflicting claims, will also read your assessment.
I however, have my mind made up, as it has been since I was young enough to understand resisting authority. I don’t even get into gun discussions with people any longer. It’s pointless with most of them, I hate that they think they can assess me as a racist or whatever just because I own a gun, and I hate their screaming and then resorting to threats of violence when I won’t agree with them – which I won’t do because they are wrong.
I will not be surrendering my guns to anyone, under any circumstances. I will not be a willing (cooperative, unsuspecting or disarmed) victim of criminals or overweening government. I will not register any gun because I don’t believe I should provide an address for potential confiscations, nor for the collection of punitive fees and or taxes on my right to self-defense. I buy guns from individuals who don’t support registering private sales, pay cash, and I’ve yet to sell a gun except for one. If confiscation becomes a real possibility, I’ll bury most of them on public or railroad property – both offer plenty of out of the way places to dig and bury anything, and far too much land to intentionally search for finding anything in undesignated locations.
Our Founding Fathers considered themselves loyal British subjects, who were not treated as such by their king. They petitioned, they pleaded in writing, and even begged in letters to be treated equal to the other subjects of King George who lived in England, but it all fell on deaf ears. Finally they declared their independence and formed a new government where they could be Citizens, not mere subjects. But none of their pleading or affirmations of allegiance to the king had helped them. What helped them was when they SHOT the king’s soldiers and drove them out of the colonies.
That lesson is not lost on me. I saw our government kill unarmed anti-war protestors in Ohio back in 1970. It CAN happen here – it did twice that month (Jackson State in Mississippi was the other). It will happen again if we are ever disarmed. And so I will NEVER surrender my ability to protect myself from government or thuggery of any kind.
It’s not necessarily the actual killing of soldiers that has kept government at bay for 230 years in this country, it’s the ‘threat’ of millions of armed citizens fighting back. It was the fear of armed insurrection by Black Power and others that got the CRA 1964 passed, not generosity on the part of paternalistic white power brokers. Give up your guns and you give up your leverage against not just criminals, but against foreign invasion and against a probable future government that decides to force us to submit to it’s ‘we know best’ ideas at the point of its guns. Long live Samuel Whittemore!
James Fite
Threatening violence against the guy who just told you he owns guns and believes that his right to own them comes from the right to defend himself from both government tyranny and individual violence is, perhaps, not an indicator of a wise decision maker.
lazarus
The Soros/Obama/Clinton/Dems/RINOs Leftist TYRANNY Alliance uses all the people they can, especially celebrities, who are one and all too stupid to realize they are only a means to an end. The reason the Leftists leaders go after the 2nd Amendment so viciously is because it is obviously easier to remove all rights and impose all tyranny on an unarmed populace than it is to tyrannize an armed populace. it really is as simple as that. The first RIGHT the Left must destroy is the right to keep and bear arms, simply because tyranny cannot be easily imposed on an armed populace. The moron stars, starlets and celebrities are mere pawns in a very sinister game whose end result, if achieved, would be the absolute end of freedom and the very beginning of tyranny. We cannot let that happen.
DeathMerchant
Of course the left supports gun control. They actually want gun confiscation, not just control. How else can they force down the throats of the public things like transgender bathrooms, forced multiculturalism, chain migration, forced payment for social welfare programs etc etc. A lot of us will be dead before this is allowed to happen.
DeathMerchant
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Joe R.
“What Is The Difference?
When you take a closer look, it’s easy to see that the supporters of . . .”
“Gun-control” are the same can’t-rise-to-the-level-of-worthless POS (D), proud supporters of communistic and terroristic regimes, and tireless importers of all things communistic and satanistic to the U.S.
Such deleterious individuals demand large taxpayer paid subsidies from “Big Tobacco” (whose products are purportedly “known to [sometimes] kill people”) Settlements to fund Planned Parenthood (who uses the money to attempt to kill SOMETIMES WITH F’ING SCISSORS, at least 50% of the people who walk through their doors) whilel demanding silence on any horror at the fact that the parts of the dead babies are sold for use as medicine and food and cosmetics (which garners millions of dollars in proceeds).
Gun-grabbers don’t give a flying F about “safety” or ‘protecting’ anyone (and it is WRONGFUL, not just WRONG for anyone to claim that they could protect anyone on an individual level, as that is impossible), Their goal must then be to protect themselves, and to do so, so that they can do communistic tyranny with impunity.
And they all need to go.
“Kill a commie for Mommy.” – Johnny Ramone
Anonymous
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