Sarah Brady Hospitalized: Gun-violence symposium proceeds
The lamestream media told you:
Nothing.
The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:
The National Symposium on Handgun Violence was held at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh on April 9, 2008. Ten of the leading gun-control advocates in the nation were scheduled for a coordinated review of “reasonable” limits on the right to keep and bear arms, led by Jim Brady himself, David Hemenway of Harvard and others. News of the event and its surprise ending (covered at the end of this report — Jim was a no-show because of his wife’s sudden medical emergency) has not made national headlines.
A courageous decision was made to provide “balance,” which meant the organizers eventually found me (thanks to a referral from Alan Gura, Dick Heller’s attorney in the D.C. gun-ban case). They got me last-minute non-stop tickets from Phoenix, a room, and 15 minutes at the podium. Ten against one. Hah. I had them outnumbered.
I’ve been studying persuasion skills for a long while and here was an acid test. Was it possible to address an audience like this and not get booed off stage? Could I manage civil discourse with the participants at the luncheon beforehand, maintain composure through the staging, and end up sociable at the afterglow dinner at a fine restaurant?
It’s my belief that the words exist in the universe to convince anyone of anything true, regardless of their predispositions. The trick is in finding those words, in the moment, and delivering them in a way that works, with the proper aplomb. You may not always find the words, but the words are always there. Think of it this way. What would Jesus say. The words are there. Could I find enough of them?
A full-length review of the event is posted at gunlaws.com.
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