Only if the point is made well and regularly. This is an argument that will be won or lost not on the truth of the matter (the efforts to ban guns still inexplicably continues), but on a persistent and persuasive public discussion. And you know the Establishment Media will resist that with all their might. As an example, note the nature of the headline of the following story out of France. Instead of couching the core of the article in the truth such as the importance of the individual right to defend oneself, it offers a non-human monolith ‘gun lobby’ as being strengthened by the tragedy. Sheesh.
Pro-gun lobby strengthened following US campus shooting
The powerful US gun lobby, far from being weakened by last week’s tragic college campus shooting, actually has emerged stronger, gun advocates said, stepping up calls Sunday for a better-armed US citizenry to prevent future attacks.
Gun rights advocates said that following last week’s massacre, in which 23-year-old Cho Seung-Hui fatally shot 32 victims at Virginia Tech University, gun control forces will be hard pressed to make the case for tighter restrictions…
“They had gun control on campus and it got all those people killed, because nobody could defend themselves,” he told AFP. “You want people to be able to defend themselves — always,” he said. an Cleave said the tragedy could give a boost to a years-long effort in Virginia to pass legislation allowing students to carry weapons on campus — especially since existing laws failed to prevent Cho’s murderous rampage.
