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Have you ever noticed something about the antis?

They are a lot like us pro-RKBA folks in some respects.

Some of them just want to infringe a little. Take away assault rifles. Sort of reminds you of Zumbo.

Some just want to reduce us to 5 round magazines. Just like NRA BOD Joaquin Jackson.

Some are mildly anti. I can't think of any I care to name but in my world if you don't think the same as I do then, well, you are an anti. Here is your sign. Just kidding, this is humor.

If you vote democrat, own a gun, and have a hunting license, you are an anti in my book. Why would a thinking individual do this?

Some are rabidly anti. Daley. Bloomberg. Giuliani. Ann Richards. The staff of Texas Monthly. Most Journalists. Lots of republicrats. Most college students. Rosie Odonnel.

There is one characteristic that all antis share, whether through joint thought and actiion or by accident. This characteristic is that they all have the common goal of taking our second amendment rights away from us. They are a cohesive unit. Allow me to point out something.

The individual who is mildly anti will be pleasantly content if the rabidly anti individual achieves a success in squashing your right because they are, by their nature, an anti and will adapt to life without their 2A right.

We, as 2A loving individuals, lost in our little group of forums, are busy debating open carry and all other aspects of our chosen obsession.

We, my brothers and sisters, need to get our act together. Are we so busy debating each other that we ignore what we really should be doing?

We have accomplished much over the years, the successes are well documented.

When was the last time we contacted our legislators about an issue?

I will fess up first. I contacted Senators Cornyn and Hutchison and Congressman Paul last week twice reminding them that there was no action yet on drilling off the coasts of FL, CA, or in ANWR and that diesel was not getting cheaper.

I contact my people at least once a month on issues, often 2A related. I thanked Hutchison for the Heller stuff and criticized Cornyn for his lack of support. I made his assistant durned near cry.

I must do more.

I am a life NRA member. Some people hate the NRA for trheir times of weakness but I understand compromise in Washington. Are you ready? If we pulled together, as a unit, there would be no need to compromise.

I am a life member of the TSRA.

I will do more.

I pay for my two son's memberships.

I will do more.

What have you done lately?

We need to be THE squeaky wheel. We need to be the force Washington and Austin has to deal with.

The 800 pound gorilla.

The 24 foot long great white shark.

They need to hear from us all the time.

They hear from the environmentalist wackos all the time.

They hear from the antis all the time.

In summary, we spend too much time disagreeing on how much infringement we will put up with. We will never not have infringement. We need to counter every infringement attempt. We need to counter evey statement from ANY anti with clarity and force. This includes while standing in line at HEB or standing in line after church greeting the preacher.

Zero tolerance for infringement. We don't need to debat whether or not NICS checks are good or if loonies shouldn't own firearms or if felons should be denied firearms. IT DOES NOT MATTER. The laws are already there. All it takes now is for the feds to take the NICS data that they can not keep, declare all CHLers as suffering from OCD or depression at the latest assault weapon ban bill and make all firearms owners felons.

We need to talk more about what we did today. Who did we bother? What did we say?

Here is a hint. Emails to Washington is pretty much deleted. Phone calls and snail mail are the key. You can still send emails. Email headings that scream "DON'T TAKE MY GUNS" do attract attention.

IT DOES NOT MATTER because they are not going to stop until they take them all. Us vs them, guys and gals.

Anygunanywhere

I pretty much agree with you, and understand the maxim, "if they aren't for us, then they are against us" That those who are with us mostly do more harm to us than the real enemy. This is political war and there is no room for compromise.

But we need to be careful, there are those who still can be influenced those that don't understand the cause, yet could be persuaded our way. If we completely depend on right wing conservative gun toters our cause is lost. We need to get every Democrat we can to support the 2nd Amendment. We need to get the soccer moms to believe in the right to protect their children and themselves. We need to convince our neighbors the folks who own AR15s are collectors and enthusiast not survivalist militia waiting for Armagadon. We need to be understood as rational logical folks, and not as extremist "gun nuts". We need to find the undecided legislators and convince him that his constiuancy nedds to be able to protect themselves. We need to explain that schoolteachers should have as much right to arm herself as they do to go to the church of his/her choice. We need to be able to explain to the school teachers that safety is in being able to arm onesself and that gun free zones provide no protection.


Our fight isn't going to be won by us. but by our allies and the good people we can win over.

Thank you both for bringing up some useful information as opposed to the usual non-productive information. I truly believe that we are on the right tract to winning the battle, but I sometimes wonder about the war.

My example was used to point out, hopefully, to the divide that exists in the firearms community. If you really think about it, we are more diverse than the antis, more forgiving, more generous, more mannerly, more respectful, less prone to violence than they are. We have fresher breath, whiter teeth, are better looking and our children are smarter too.

The antis woiuld do well to be as tolerant as we are. Although we do not agree with much, it could be said that if you leave me and my firearms alone and mind your own business we will do the same.

They need to be warned soon that our tolerance will only be tested so far if they keep pushing. They seem to forget the mid term elections awhile back.

Anygunanywhere

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