Everyone knows that we RKBA advocates are in the minority - that is, in the eyes of the media and the general public - especially when it comes to organizations with limited finances.
Just look at the Million Mom March vs. the Second Amendment Sisters: The MMM folks have national backing along with support from Hollywood personalities and big-money donations. The SAS, on the other hand, remains a small, relatively unknown grass-roots organization who is scrounging for funds for a one-time march - disregard the fact that they have 22,000 electronic signatures on their Internet petition.
Well, a co-worker/fellow TFL member and I were discussing the possibilities of raising funds that would go towards the firearms manufacturers' legal defense as well as to help out the various RKBA organizations out there.
It appears that, for whatever reason, many people are reluctant to donate $50, $100, or $150 to help these people out. So, what comes to my mind are those little jugs you see on the counters of the local 7-11.
What if we could get a nation-wide fundraising campaign going where volunteers set out gallon jugs next to the cash registers at gun stores and ranges? These jugs could have flyers (or whatever) on them describing exactly where the spare change would be going.
I, for one, am one of those guys that doesn't always like toting around a lot of change in my pockets, and I would often just throw it in the little "Jerry's Kids" jugs I see so often. I stopped doing this after a while and began dropping the change into a jug at home - It's amazing to see how fast that change adds up.
If we could set these jugs, cans, bottles, or whatever at the counters of willing business owners, collect the change every week or so, and send it off to whichever organization, I'd feel that we would be doing a great service.
What do y'all think?
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Bulldawg: NRA, GOA, TSRA, Shiner Bock Connoisseur.
Bulldawg's Firearms Page
[This message has been edited by Bulldog (edited March 26, 2000).]
Just look at the Million Mom March vs. the Second Amendment Sisters: The MMM folks have national backing along with support from Hollywood personalities and big-money donations. The SAS, on the other hand, remains a small, relatively unknown grass-roots organization who is scrounging for funds for a one-time march - disregard the fact that they have 22,000 electronic signatures on their Internet petition.
Well, a co-worker/fellow TFL member and I were discussing the possibilities of raising funds that would go towards the firearms manufacturers' legal defense as well as to help out the various RKBA organizations out there.
It appears that, for whatever reason, many people are reluctant to donate $50, $100, or $150 to help these people out. So, what comes to my mind are those little jugs you see on the counters of the local 7-11.
What if we could get a nation-wide fundraising campaign going where volunteers set out gallon jugs next to the cash registers at gun stores and ranges? These jugs could have flyers (or whatever) on them describing exactly where the spare change would be going.
I, for one, am one of those guys that doesn't always like toting around a lot of change in my pockets, and I would often just throw it in the little "Jerry's Kids" jugs I see so often. I stopped doing this after a while and began dropping the change into a jug at home - It's amazing to see how fast that change adds up.
If we could set these jugs, cans, bottles, or whatever at the counters of willing business owners, collect the change every week or so, and send it off to whichever organization, I'd feel that we would be doing a great service.
What do y'all think?
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Bulldawg: NRA, GOA, TSRA, Shiner Bock Connoisseur.
Bulldawg's Firearms Page
[This message has been edited by Bulldog (edited March 26, 2000).]
