GOSA GIRLS ON FIRE CAMAIGN 2019

**HellKitty** · 09-11-2018, 21:33

Watch this space - we will be announcing our amazing programme for 2019 soon!

**mic** · 10-11-2018, 07:06

Looks awesome!!!

**High Power** · 10-11-2018, 15:37

I suggest that this poster's message will be lost on, or completely misread by, most South Africans. I also think that it is not a politically wise image to project.

Peter

**HellKitty** · 10-11-2018, 16:36

Originally Posted by High Power

I suggest that this poster's message will be lost on, or completely misread by, most South Africans. I also think that it is not a politically wise image to project.

Peter

This is one of many posters, and the I am every woman campaign includes ladies that sports shoot AR 15s, others posters will have no guns, we are every woman

**FrankH** · 10-11-2018, 22:32

Originally Posted by High Power

I suggest that this poster's message will be lost on, or completely misread by, most South Africans. I also think that it is not a politically wise image to project.

Peter

In what way?

**TheFogg** · 10-11-2018, 17:17

Argh Peter, no man, I don’t agree with you on this.

I think Girls on Fire is an awesome Initiative!!!

**Electrix** · 11-11-2018, 07:20

Okay, let’s have this debate.

I like the GOSA Girls on Fire. Nothing wrong with ladies empowering themselves and standing up for their rights. There’s lots of women shooters and we need to see more of them. Get over your preconceived ideas and prejudices.

Has anyone ever said anything about the ‘ladies’ posing half naked on the ‘girls and guns’ thread? What does that say about how we see ‘girls with guns’?

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**Wesley** · 11-11-2018, 08:25

I also think that the poster is flawed and could be counter productive. I think we must assume that the general public and fence-sitters don’t understand, and that we should be hyper sensitive to the image we put forward. There are intracacies that are being overlooked. For me, the waters are being muddied in this poster.

The message that women are, and should be, allowed empowered to protect themselves shouldn’t be advertised with visuals of firearms that do not suit this narrative. I think the empowerment and self defence narrative should be portrayed in a toned down, minimalist fashion. Reallistically, really. We know how the media and and anti’s can perceive firearm owners as right wing, looney, cowboy extremists. I think the presence of the rifle in this picture, to someone who doesn’t know, could support this view.

Deal seperately with the sport and pursuit of happiness message. Make those posters all about athletes holding “bad-ass” equipment. For that message, get accomplished ladies out in their official competition and colours outfits, and push the message hard that they are athletes playing a game. An image of a lady in a bright IPSC shirt shooting an AR15 at non-humanoid targets comes to mind. Or a lady breaking clay’s.

When it comes to the right and need to bear arms, let’s just look normal.

My perception and ideas intended constructively.

We have and will continue to support GOSA and associated initiatives.

**salasa2788** · 11-11-2018, 10:41

Originally Posted by Wesley

I also think that the poster is flawed and could be counter productive. I think we must assume that the general public and fence-sitters don’t understand, and that we should be hyper sensitive to the image we put forward. There are intracacies that are being overlooked. For me, the waters are being muddied in this poster.

The message that women are, and should be, allowed empowered to protect themselves shouldn’t be advertised with visuals of firearms that do not suit this narrative. I think the empowerment and self defence narrative should be portrayed in a toned down, minimalist fashion. Reallistically, really. We know how the media and and anti’s can perceive firearm owners as right wing, looney, cowboy extremists. I think the presence of the rifle in this picture, to someone who doesn’t know, could support this view.

Deal seperately with the sport and pursuit of happiness message. Make those posters all about athletes holding “bad-ass” equipment. For that message, get accomplished ladies out in their official competition and colours outfits, and push the message hard that they are athletes playing a game. An image of a lady in a bright IPSC shirt shooting an AR15 at non-humanoid targets comes to mind. Or a lady breaking clay’s.

When it comes to the right and need to bear arms, let’s just look normal.

My perception and ideas intended constructively.

We have and will continue to support GOSA and associated initiatives.

I Agree 100% !

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**Messor** · 11-11-2018, 13:33

Originally Posted by Wesley

I also think that the poster is flawed and could be counter productive. I think we must assume that the general public and fence-sitters don’t understand, and that we should be hyper sensitive to the image we put forward. There are intracacies that are being overlooked. For me, the waters are being muddied in this poster.

The message that women are, and should be, allowed empowered to protect themselves shouldn’t be advertised with visuals of firearms that do not suit this narrative. I think the empowerment and self defence narrative should be portrayed in a toned down, minimalist fashion. Reallistically, really. We know how the media and and anti’s can perceive firearm owners as right wing, looney, cowboy extremists. I think the presence of the rifle in this picture, to someone who doesn’t know, could support this view.

Deal seperately with the sport and pursuit of happiness message. Make those posters all about athletes holding “bad-ass” equipment. For that message, get accomplished ladies out in their official competition and colours outfits, and push the message hard that they are athletes playing a game. An image of a lady in a bright IPSC shirt shooting an AR15 at non-humanoid targets comes to mind. Or a lady breaking clay’s.

When it comes to the right and need to bear arms, let’s just look normal.

My perception and ideas intended constructively.

We have and will continue to support GOSA and associated initiatives.

I used to think along these lines.

The trouble comes in that the concept is directly comparable to the whole firearm licensing system. It doesn't work, and the reason it doesn't work is not perception, it doesn't work because licensing is all bout restriction, directly infringing upon freedom. If you tone it down and regulate, sooner or later you lose everything, this is how all restrictive measures start in the world, and how all freedoms are lost over time.

So the fence sitters, the fence sitters in public is not the enemy, the enemy is the government itself, we know this and they are not afraid of saying it. You can try and target the fence sitters all you like, they don't, and won't ever vote in parliament. The only goal in life should be to remove all restrictions, and forget about perceived image portrayal. The only concept should be to let people be what they want, portray what they want, as long as they allow you the same.

In short, what you point out is what have already been done, and did not work.
Let the Girls do what they want, portray what they want, that is freedom.

My 2 YEN, for what it's worth.