<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ruger45:
Solve the Problem
The solution to the "NRA problem" is simple. Get involved on your own. Get involved with other organizations with a little more vigor: JPFO, GOA, SAF. Don't drop the NRA like last year's prom date. But expect a more cautious course from them. The NRA is the press's whipping boy.
Don't rely on the NRA to speak for you. Call the politicians when asked. Get irate. Get mad. Be polite. It doesn't matter, just let your representatives know that you are watching and WILL vote based on their actions.
Above all, vote. If you don't vote, don't bitch. You haven't done your duty as an American citizen. Excuses? Hogwash. None of them are worth a tinker's you-know-what. There is NO EXCUSE for not VOTING.
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ruger45,
I knew that if you wrote enough we'd find something to agree on. And that is that every firearms owner must get involved. Whatever legitimate organization you use is fine. If you don't want to join an organization but want to work on your own, well that's fine also. But I think one would be shorting themselves by trying to go this alone.
Voting is another important issue. If we don't vote, we might as well leave our firearms out on the curb, with the rest of the trash, for the government to collect in the morning.
However I for one am not yet ready to write off the NRA, no matter how much "dirt" you may claim to have found.
Frosty
Solve the Problem
The solution to the "NRA problem" is simple. Get involved on your own. Get involved with other organizations with a little more vigor: JPFO, GOA, SAF. Don't drop the NRA like last year's prom date. But expect a more cautious course from them. The NRA is the press's whipping boy.
Don't rely on the NRA to speak for you. Call the politicians when asked. Get irate. Get mad. Be polite. It doesn't matter, just let your representatives know that you are watching and WILL vote based on their actions.
Above all, vote. If you don't vote, don't bitch. You haven't done your duty as an American citizen. Excuses? Hogwash. None of them are worth a tinker's you-know-what. There is NO EXCUSE for not VOTING.
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ruger45,
I knew that if you wrote enough we'd find something to agree on. And that is that every firearms owner must get involved. Whatever legitimate organization you use is fine. If you don't want to join an organization but want to work on your own, well that's fine also. But I think one would be shorting themselves by trying to go this alone.
Voting is another important issue. If we don't vote, we might as well leave our firearms out on the curb, with the rest of the trash, for the government to collect in the morning.
However I for one am not yet ready to write off the NRA, no matter how much "dirt" you may claim to have found.
Frosty