In response, that year year myself and a friend of mine (Charles Stellmacher), got together and began brainstorming. Charles came up with the name for what we were thingking about, and then we went on and organized a counter "March". we called it the:
"Fifty Million Round March"
A LOT of FR people, and the site itself (FR) endorsed it and haleped plan it. You can probably find archived posts about it from back then...now 15 years ago!
It was meant for Fathers to take their children out on Father's day that year in answer to the Million Mom March, and all shoot at least fifty rounds per person, figuring that if one million people did so, we would safely discharge fifty million rounds.
It was held on Father's Day that year at gun ranges all over the country, and was a great success. We did it again on July 4th and again on Thanksgiving that year.
The NRA had me on NRA-Live that year when the leaders of the Million Mom March found out about our activity and began calling me all sorts of names, indicting that somehow we were acting acting like a Nazi.
In response to that, I displayed the following picture:
I still have parts of the old site up where we announced for the Fifty Million Round March and what all to do. Many members of Free Republic participated and helped make it the success it was.
THE FIFTY MILLION ROUND MARCH
Here's a ling to the various organizations that endorsed our efforts: Organizations Endorsing the 50 Million Round March
Here's a list of our press releases, all overseen by FR's own Joanie-f at the time.
50 Million Round March press Releases
Great events, and great, salt of the earth people.