cfish2:
Tell me this Frank. If you only had a 38 special and wanted to kill a Moose with a handgun and no one ever advertised that they built larger guns then the 38 special, then how are you suppoe to know that there is anything other then a 38 special? Because there are so few handgun hunters out there how else is a manufacturer or other hunters for that matter supposed to get information about the sport? Word of mouth isn't always the best way for word to get passed around.
They need to do what I did and read internet forums. That's what generated my interest. No advertising or promotions got me interested. But go ahead and commercialize it. It's somebody's right. If they want to commit the money, then go for it. The question was open, "Promotion of handgun hunting - in favor or not?" I live out in California. The hunters far outnumber the animals in my region.
Do I want promotion of hunting? What would that do? I can see how advertisers would benefit. Maybe the advertisers would like to promote hunting in Spanish so when the illegals are given amnesty, they'll take up the hobby and that'll be more money for the advertisers. But what good would that do?
