Hal Berenson, president of Pikes Peak Practical Shooters, formed a committee to plan an attack to blunt the chief's proposal. A detailed list of instructions for gun owners, including city council names and addresses, was made into a flyer and distributed throughout the city. The resulting uproar was so loud, the city council not only refused to take up the chief's proposal, some of them wanted him disciplined for attempting to make policy. The plan was developed, reviewed, revised, agreed to, and distributed citywide within 36 hours of the chief's proposal. That would not have been possible without the speed of electronic communications.
Speed is critical in responding to ill-conceived legislative proposals.
The news wire services use their form of telecommunications through their own data networks. Too many people don't take it seriously. It's like learning to ride a bicycle. It's easy, once you know how. I could explain myself blue in the face, but you won't understand it until you get on it and drive it.