Giving a pro-gun presentation; need help!

[Balog]

Ok, so I'm involved with this group at church designed to help train young guys in practical skills. Everything from rock climbing and salmon fishing to how to buy your first house and making an investment strategy. We get some pretty cool speakers; CEO's of multi-million dollar corporations, successful mortgage brokers.... and me.

This Saturday I'll be giving a presentation on Guns: myths vs reality. I'm seeing it as an in-depth look at the four rules, buttressed with a variety of useful info (trying on a gun ala pax's website and debunking some myths like people being knocked over by a bullet etc) all delivered in my own unique rambling harangue style.

Anyway, one of the things I want to use is that video of the DEA agent shooting himself in the leg. It should serve several useful functions: it'll get their attention, demonstrate the importance of rule 1, show that just because someone is a cop/hunter/gun store employee doesn't mean they're safe or worth listening to etc. However, I want to edit it down and if possible add captions. I need the part from ~second 14-30. Can anyone help me out with this?

Also, I was thinking of throwing out some facts and figures: number of guns vs number of cars and the accident rate, how many foot pounds of energy a car has vs a bullet etc. I know there is a website with a ton of stuff like this, but I'm totally brain farting on what it's called. Any thoughts?

Thanks guys, I know I can count on ya'll.

[Perd Hapley]

That's easy.  Bring your biggest gun.  Explain how scary it is.  "Now agree with me, or else." 

[Balog]

If I was still in AZ I'd just get my buddy to lend me his .50....

[freakazoid]

Here is are some statistics from the US Department of Transportation

According to a preliminary report from the Department of Transportations National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 43,200 died on the nations highways in 2005, up from 42,636 in 2004. Injuries dropped from 2.79 million in 2004 to 2.68 million in 2005, a decline of 4.1 percent. Fifty-five percent of passenger vehicle occupants who died in 2005 were unbelted

43,200 died! 2.68 million injured!!




1999 Statistics (Per 1,000 residents):

DC - 81
Prince George's County MD - 53
Alexandria City VA - 47
Arlington City VA - 33
Montgomery County MD - 31
Prince William Country VA - 29
Loudoun County VA - 24
Fairfax County VA - 24

That was pasted from, http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/0800guncon.htm

[Euclidean]

Ok, so I'm involved with this group at church designed to help train young guys in practical skills. Everything from rock climbing and salmon fishing to how to buy your first house and making an investment strategy. We get some pretty cool speakers; CEO's of multi-million dollar corporations, successful mortgage brokers.... and me.

This Saturday I'll be giving a presentation on Guns: myths vs reality. I'm seeing it as an in-depth look at the four rules, buttressed with a variety of useful info (trying on a gun ala pax's website and debunking some myths like people being knocked over by a bullet etc) all delivered in my own unique rambling harangue style.

Anyway, one of the things I want to use is that video of the DEA agent shooting himself in the leg. It should serve several useful functions: it'll get their attention, demonstrate the importance of rule 1, show that just because someone is a cop/hunter/gun store employee doesn't mean they're safe or worth listening to etc. However, I want to edit it down and if possible add captions. I need the part from ~second 14-30. Can anyone help me out with this?

Also, I was thinking of throwing out some facts and figures: number of guns vs number of cars and the accident rate, how many foot pounds of energy a car has vs a bullet etc. I know there is a website with a ton of stuff like this, but I'm totally brain farting on what it's called. Any thoughts?

Thanks guys, I know I can count on ya'll.

Gun Facts (google it) might be a pretty good place to start your outline, as it references many popular myths and debunks them with specific sources.

My main advice:  Focus.  Get it down to 3 or 5 points.

Less is usually more with these things.  Make succinct points, and support your assertions with two specific references each.   Practice at least twice before you actually do it.  Avoid "preaching", mentioning specific political entities, or "worst case scenarios" like a second American Revolution.

Introduction
Myth 1
Supporting Evidence A
Supporting Evidence B
Myth 2
Supporting Evidence A
Supporting Evidence B
Myth 3
Supporting Evidence A
Supporting Evidence B
Summary
Conclusion

Watch your tone, be positive.

[Balog]

Euclidean: thanks for the advice. I'm definitely going for the "low key" approach. This will be totally apolitical. I'll only be mentioning the stats in passing, not making an argument about them. Tha main focus here is A) guns aren't mala in se and B) here is how to use them safely.

[grislyatoms]

This might help, Balog.

http://www.saf.org/pub/rkba/general/FoundersQuotes.htm

Mainly the "On Individual Gun Ownership" section, but there's a lot of good stuff throughout.

I really like this quote:

"The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes....Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. Thomas Jefferson's "Commonplace Book," 1774-1776, quoting 18th century criminologist Cesare Beccaria in Chapter 40 of "On Crimes and Punishment", 1764. Chapter. Whole Book.