MineralMan, I am in agreement with you... you have to reach out to people in ways they understand.
"MineralMan, I am in agreement with you... you have to reach out to people in ways they understand."
Yes. Sadly, for a lot of people, any use of a language other than English automatically gets them angry. Having grown up in a citrus-growing area in California, I never studied Spanish, but learned it rather well on the schoolyard, since about 40% of the kids at my grammar school spoke Spanish as their first language.
I'm 61 years old now. My parents and siblings still live in that town. One of my classmates is the long-time mayor there. His last name is Hernandez. The police chief is a classmate of my sister's. His last name is Reyes. Both spoke Spanish mostly, back when they were in grammar school. Both served in our armed forces during Vietnam. The town is full of people who I grew up with, speaking Spanish. They're business owners, teachers, firemen, and just plain hard-working U.S. citizens now. Back in the first grade, they spoke Spanish mostly. So the rest of us learned to speak Spanish so we could talk to our classmates. They learned English pretty fast, too.
The NRA is spreading its message, however it can. Too bad some folks can't see past their own limited knowledge.