Sorry it upsets you. But chest beating and patriotic rhetoric will not secure our right to bear arms.
There were plenty of P'd off folks watching past laws develope,like me). Not a damn thing we could do about it..
There wasnt a damn thing WE could do about it...or there wasnt a damn thing YOU did about it?
The Clinton Crime Bill passed by a very narrow tie breaking vote.Yes I did and do contribute to the NRA/ILA.Yes I did and do write my representatives.Yes,I did put a petition at our local gun shop and gathered other local signatures to urge our reps to vote against this legislation.Was it futile....maybe,considering our Honorable Rep. Tim Johnson cast the tie breaking vote in favor of the bill.In correspondence with Rep Johnson after the bill passed he told me felt his vote represented what was good for the nation.I reminded him he wasnt elected by,or elected to represent the nation.He had no other reply.Yes,it was disheartning but hasnt stopped my pen or keyboard from working.
Our defensive tactic is questionable. Funneling money into politicians bank accounts could very well be perpetuating further gun legislation. Politicians see the NRA as a big ole piggy bank. Theres plenty of money in it for them. They can rely on getting it with another bill.. I wonder if they would focus on other cash cows if the NRA wasn't there for them. Maybe the environment, drugs, insurance, etc. Lots of other piggy banks.
I'll say this; There is not a decision made, at any level of the US gov't, that is not solely based on cash flow through any given office. If you dig enough, you'll always find this.
True enough.But if we as gun owners arent willing to support what we want to keep,there are more than enough people and money to see that we cant keep it.Yes the NRA contributes to campaigns.Can you name an organization or special interest that doesnt? Considering the rights we have have been paid for in blood numerous times,a little financial support seems insignificant.
We have no offensive tactic. No strategy. No means to impose our will. No matter how united. So we grumble alot, and watch our freedoms fade away.
Seeing the pro-gun legislation that has passed since Pres Bush took office,I simply do not see this as true.There are what,only 2 or 3 states that dont have concealed carry laws now?Do you think that would have ever happened under the previous administration.We have laws protecting firearm manufactures we didnt have previously.We have laws protecting you right to bear arms during a state of emergency,no trivial legislation considering what happen in NO).Much of the Clinton Crime Bill is history.Do you think gun owners had nothing to do with this in the past elections?
"Stand together".."Keep trying"...
Abstracts like these seem silly.
Stand together where?
Keep trying what?
You figure that out Mike,the people that want your rights already have.
What are YOU going to do about it?
