2 posts tagged “guns”
Mr. Lucky's signs (written about in my last post) got me to thinking ...
Just what signs have you seen that stand out... that make you wonder... that say something more about who we are?
American Public Media, my employer, produces everything from news stories for the statewide Minnesota Public Radio network to national programs like Marketplace and Speaking of Faith.
And APM likes to reach out to the public for story ideas and angles. The effort - Public Insight Journalism - is where I toil. We do it a number of ways including survey forms on topics.
So how about this topic - what signs do you see in your day-to-day life that make you pause. We're looking for signs that give not only their overt message, but maybe tell us something more about our current state.
Mr. Lucky's sign surely says something more about our world (especially after the Supreme Court has begun changing gun rights)
So what about you? What are the signs with meaning in your life?
Why not share the story ... maybe to a large audience, and help us get at the state of our society through unique storytelling.
If you're game just click this link. The survey you'll see starts like this....
Sometimes it's the messenger. Sometimes, the message.
But here might be one of the rare times when it's the company messages keep. A sign touting cheap divorces next to one offering to help women get gun training. A sign blasting GUNS at the reader in the middle and a sad tribute to slain officers on the end. And strangely shoved in the middle is a solicitation to find out how "Senator Coleman keeps promises..."
I blocked the number because I'm not into advertising here (feel free to visit if the mood hits you - the signs are in view as you exit I-94 onto Dale Street in St. Paul).
Call the number and you hear a message from "Mr. Lucky," who tells you that the "police can't be everywhere" and offers to help arm you and train you.
Okay, so this relative newcomer to the Twin Cities needs to know who "Mr. Lucky" is.
A quick Google dance explained that this is Maryland "Lucky" Rosenbloom, is a social studies teacher, a paralegal who has run for state office. He's also a conservative African-American with a radio program who also pens newspaper columns locally and, apparently, has written a book.
Perhaps the best accounting comes from Gov. Tim Pawlenty announcement of Lucky Rosenblooom and four others to the Council on Black Minnesotans done last May. Maybe others with a longer MN background know more about him.
Five signs on a chain-linked fence pulled me in. "Mr. Lucky" indeed.
