Since some people thought the other title was just an announcement and not a "call to action" (which this surely is! 
)...
An initiative to amend the California Constitution to add an explicit, individual right to keep and bear arms and to force all gun control laws to meet a "strict scrutiny" legal test (which few, if any, will be able to ) is moving forward NOW!!!
Updated information is now appearing on the official web site http://www.tacr.us/
The Unofficial web site, http://rkba.members.sonic.net/ will be updated soon.
The official web site reflects that signature gathering might begin around
November 21, 2005 with a goal of qualifying the Initiative to
appear on the ballot for the general election in November, 2006.
Signatures can be gathered for 150 days during the drive.
NO SIGNATURE GATHERING can take place before the proper start date.
Also, DO NOT GATHER SIGNATURES until we have verified that the petition
forms are properly worded and formatted. I will provide further guidance
on this point as soon as possible.
There are actions to take RIGHT NOW.
1) WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! We need "County Coordinators" for most counties, and we need volunteer signature gatherers in all counties! Sign up on the unofficial site for now.
2) Identify the major places where signature gathering will take place.
Gun stores, firing ranges, sporting goods stores, etc. Encourage them
to have their employees gather signatures and/or allow
YOUR volunteers to gather signatures. Contact gun clubs or other
organizations. Encourage them to enlist a member to work with you.
My experience is that having a volunteer at a business gathering
signatures results in about FOUR TIMES as many signatures as relying
on busy employees. If a business is willing to be listed as a location
for petitions on the Unofficial web site, let me know and I will add it.
3) Acquaint yourself with the "Instructions for Gathering Signatures"
on the Unofficial web site. We don't want to lose valuable signatures
through mishandling of petition forms.
If you have questions, don't hesitate to ask. The more successful of
prior drives have only fallen short by about 15% of signatures required.
We can easily make up for that by getting off to a fast start.
Volunteering doesn't need to mean days and days of standing in front of Vons being reviled by soccer moms! If you were to just help get stacks of forms to local gun stores, ranges, clubs, etc. and explain what they're for, be a point of contact to get them more forms, and then help deliver completed forms to the Registrar of Voters, that would be huge. Also, someone is speaking with representatives of gun shows that will be held during the gathering period... volunteers will have the opportunity to get into the show for free for manning the booth for a while.
We have a real chance to fix an awful lot of our bad laws here, people. Yes, maybe this won't work... it may fail due to massive, free media coverage full of lies, or it may wind up tied up in court. But it's worth it to try. If we sit on our asses and do nothing, we're guaranteed to keep all of the problems we have now and to get a few more each year.
)...An initiative to amend the California Constitution to add an explicit, individual right to keep and bear arms and to force all gun control laws to meet a "strict scrutiny" legal test (which few, if any, will be able to ) is moving forward NOW!!!
Updated information is now appearing on the official web site http://www.tacr.us/
The Unofficial web site, http://rkba.members.sonic.net/ will be updated soon.
The official web site reflects that signature gathering might begin around
November 21, 2005 with a goal of qualifying the Initiative to
appear on the ballot for the general election in November, 2006.
Signatures can be gathered for 150 days during the drive.
NO SIGNATURE GATHERING can take place before the proper start date.
Also, DO NOT GATHER SIGNATURES until we have verified that the petition
forms are properly worded and formatted. I will provide further guidance
on this point as soon as possible.
There are actions to take RIGHT NOW.
1) WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! We need "County Coordinators" for most counties, and we need volunteer signature gatherers in all counties! Sign up on the unofficial site for now.
2) Identify the major places where signature gathering will take place.
Gun stores, firing ranges, sporting goods stores, etc. Encourage them
to have their employees gather signatures and/or allow
YOUR volunteers to gather signatures. Contact gun clubs or other
organizations. Encourage them to enlist a member to work with you.
My experience is that having a volunteer at a business gathering
signatures results in about FOUR TIMES as many signatures as relying
on busy employees. If a business is willing to be listed as a location
for petitions on the Unofficial web site, let me know and I will add it.
3) Acquaint yourself with the "Instructions for Gathering Signatures"
on the Unofficial web site. We don't want to lose valuable signatures
through mishandling of petition forms.
If you have questions, don't hesitate to ask. The more successful of
prior drives have only fallen short by about 15% of signatures required.
We can easily make up for that by getting off to a fast start.
Volunteering doesn't need to mean days and days of standing in front of Vons being reviled by soccer moms! If you were to just help get stacks of forms to local gun stores, ranges, clubs, etc. and explain what they're for, be a point of contact to get them more forms, and then help deliver completed forms to the Registrar of Voters, that would be huge. Also, someone is speaking with representatives of gun shows that will be held during the gathering period... volunteers will have the opportunity to get into the show for free for manning the booth for a while.
We have a real chance to fix an awful lot of our bad laws here, people. Yes, maybe this won't work... it may fail due to massive, free media coverage full of lies, or it may wind up tied up in court. But it's worth it to try. If we sit on our asses and do nothing, we're guaranteed to keep all of the problems we have now and to get a few more each year.