Bartholomew Roberts
Moderator
Folks, by the lowest estimate I have ever seen there are about 65 million legitimate gun owners in the United States. That represents a potential voting block of 65 million voting age adults. No politician in the world would willingly tangle with such a political group and yet many politicians love to "take on the gun lobby". Why is this?
It is because RKBA activists make up a very tiny portion of gun owners. Gun owners are killing themselves and believing the propaganda spewed out by the opposition. I cannot tell you how many times I have had to correct some fellow gun owner that believed the "plastic gun" myth or the "cop-killer" bullet myth.
These are the people we need to reach and educate. They already own guns so they already have a vested interest. We just need to show these people how they are being decieved. Furthermore, these people can be converted with a lot less effort than an anti.
If we are going to see Gore out of the White House this year (and personally, I believe Bush is the best chance for that), then we need to mobilize our fellow gun owners - our buddies at the range who "are thinking about joining the NRA", the guys who aren't in the NRA because they are "too extreme", the guys who aren't in the NRA because they are "too soft" (At least join GOA then!). The neighbor who owns a gun "just in case but isn't really into them".
These are the people we have got to reach if we want to keep our rights. I have already picked out some likely candidates that I know. Let's all do the same and with luck we can take back what we have lost.
It is because RKBA activists make up a very tiny portion of gun owners. Gun owners are killing themselves and believing the propaganda spewed out by the opposition. I cannot tell you how many times I have had to correct some fellow gun owner that believed the "plastic gun" myth or the "cop-killer" bullet myth.
These are the people we need to reach and educate. They already own guns so they already have a vested interest. We just need to show these people how they are being decieved. Furthermore, these people can be converted with a lot less effort than an anti.
If we are going to see Gore out of the White House this year (and personally, I believe Bush is the best chance for that), then we need to mobilize our fellow gun owners - our buddies at the range who "are thinking about joining the NRA", the guys who aren't in the NRA because they are "too extreme", the guys who aren't in the NRA because they are "too soft" (At least join GOA then!). The neighbor who owns a gun "just in case but isn't really into them".
These are the people we have got to reach if we want to keep our rights. I have already picked out some likely candidates that I know. Let's all do the same and with luck we can take back what we have lost.
