How many here are REALLY worried.....

Are you worried the Dems will make gun control their mantra?

  • Very Concerned.

    Votes: 52 51.0%

  • Somewhat Concerned, but let's wait and see.

    Votes: 36 35.3%

  • Not very concerned.

    Votes: 10 9.8%

  • No worries here.

    Votes: 4 3.9%

  • I don't really care either way.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    102
  • Poll closed .
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The NRA is our watchdog, If you have spare change send it to NRA-ILA,
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Our "Watchdog" went and rated one of the STRONGEST PRO-GUN/2ND AMENDMENT Congressmen, Ron Paul, with a less than perfect vote score, regardless of him voting in favor of every gun protection legislation ever put in front of him, as a favor to the Republican Party.

NO Congressman has EVER voted for more pro-2nd Amendment rights legislation than (I) Ron Paul.

Does the NRA have ANY explanation for doing this? It was NOT an error. They rated his Democrat opponent HIGHER, and HE is the INCUMBENT!

It was 100 percent against the explanation of how ratings are given by the NRA. Someone up there needs to finally answer this question. Ron Paul has NEVER voted for an unconstitutional piece of legislation in his entire career.
 
These Democrats don't operate in lockstep like the Republicans did. They are not controlled with an iron fist like the Republicans were.
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They were for the passage of the 1993 Crime Bill. The leadership enforced party discipline on any who tended to stray away from it.

And I believe that the case of Lieberman sort of indicates that any belief as to how open Dems are is sort of outdated. They ran "conservative" candidates in areas that only conservatives would win in. I don't expect the party of Pelosi and Schumer to let those very junior congressmen and women have much of a say in anything.
 
Worrying is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but doesn't get you anywhere.

That said, I am still a bit worried. Not OMG worried....but concerned!
 
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I'm a little more worried now that it's official the Dimocrats have taken both the Senate and the House. The legislation they want is probably already written - all they're waiting for is the next school shooting and I predict it'll see daylight. I don't think Bush would sign it, and they don't have the votes to override his veto assuming the Republicans stay united.

Personally, I'm trying to decide between buying a SKS now (my first semi-auto rifle) or joining the NRA. A friend gave me one of those $25 coupons, and I've got enough saved to do one of these but not both. Right now I'm leaning toward the NRA.
 
buzz knox,
Agreed, with the important part of your statement being "1993". Yes, they have operated in lockstep in the past. Yes, they will do so again in the future. But that time is not now.
 
UH1-
It's a very poorly designed poll.
I get to choose between:
The Sky Is Falling
Everything is Peachy
I'm too Dumb to Care

Did it ever occur to you to use a fear scale from 0-10; or at least add an option, "I'm leery, but not burying my guns in cosmoline just yet"?

I think your "poll" might provide very different "results" if the options weren't loaded toward a specific end.
Rich
 
Gary

Your right. I was upset too, when I heard that they slammed Ron Paul, who should in my opinion, should be President. I canceled my membership in the NRA over that. Ron Paul has endorsed the GOA, and for that many losses to occur on the NRA watch, something smells sell out. Would they turn over records if the government demanded them? If an illegal government makes unconstitutional rules, they aren't laws, it's called treason. We have to change the Media image of gun owners back to what it should be, that's the key. All gun groups need to merge. [stand together or hang separately].
 
Rotorhead, if you want to start a new poll with a more graduated scale of response, I'll merge this one with it.

...it'll pass..
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Well, torque that "Jesus nut" up real good, cause it's panty-waddin' time.
 
Buckster:
Yeah we must hang together, but we are going to have to demand our candidates sign notarized affidavits swearing to uphold the Constitution before ever voting for them in the primaries.
 
There's a project for th NRA for the next election cycle. Ask all the candidates sign a notarized statement like the one circulated after Katrina stating they will NOT support or vote for any bills that curtail our 2A rights.
 
Bud and Rich....

....I'm all for making this poll more representative of the member's beliefs....if you both wish, you can change it, merge it, and make it so...I'm pretty lame when it comes to computer stuff.:)
 
You can't. But I can.

Not that big a deal, honestly. The poll is OK, just not real revealing.

If you want me to edit, then give me the choices and I'll wipe out the old votes and reset the choices.
Rich
 
Ok....

here goes....the possible choices...feel free to edit...it's OK...


1. OMG...Yes

2. Somewhat Concerned, but let's wait and see...afterall, there are many Democrats who are pro 2nd Amendment

3. Not really concerned, but if I should be, I'll let the NRA take care of it

4. What??? Me worry?

5. I don't really care either way...if the BG's can get guns, so can I.


What do you think??
 
The Brady's are just spinning stuff. Gun control wasn't a blazing issue in this election. There is a lot of stuff that needs work between now and 2008 if the Dems want to go on the offensive and waste political capital on that more power to them because they may find out that a lot of the new Dems might be on the opposite side of the gun control issue. That would be a smooth move to start a split in your party over something that isn't a priority issue.

Iraq is on the plate right now. That's going to be some tough chewing for a while. I believe that minimum wage and prescription drugs are on the issue plate as well. Like Mr. WildAlaska said there is another election in 2008. In fact if a lot of the newly elected democrats are moderates I would say that the NRA might have some pretty good sowing ground, divide and conquer.
 
There's a project for th NRA for the next election cycle. Ask all the candidates sign a notarized statement like the one circulated after Katrina stating they will NOT support or vote for any bills that curtail our 2A rights.
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I suggested it to the local NRA Institute for Legislative Action representative, and never even received a return phone call.

NRA looks out for NRA.

So I took it upon myself to draft and present affidavits to numerous Texas candidates, and the result was chilling.

Not one single candidate for Governor of Texas would sign it. Not Kinky, Not Strayhorn, not Perry, nor would Bell sign it. All it did, was to establish that they actually understood the 2nd and 4th Amendment were guarantees against unconstitutional relocation of citizens, and the protection against wholesale confiscation of firearms.

None would sign. But this was my first year trying it. Maybe the NRA will wake up to the idea if enough of you guys email and call.

The most chilling part was when our Republican District Attorney candidate refused to sign a pledge not to prosecute a citizen of our county for defending him or herself against an unconstitutional gun confiscation and relocation such as occurred in New Orleans.

He lost by around seven hundred votes, which I alone could have delivered for him had he understood the 2nd Amendment. He didn't.

It has promise, but we need to band together. Maybe the GOA would take up my idea. I am not a member, but if anyone is and knows anyone in the leadership, I'd like to talk to them about it.

It would be most effective during the primaries for the Republicans next year, as a concerted effort to make candidates who actually BELIEVE the Bill of Rights is the supreme law of the land, prove so by signing a specific oath to support the Bill of Rights BEFORE we run them as candidates.
 
Gary-
They're not going to sign anything they don't have to. Gun rights have not been much of an election issue for half a decade. They're not going to sign onto something like that unless or until it again becomes a real hot button item.

That may happen in '08, but only if the Dems liked the feeling of that bullet in the foot in 1994. Let's see.
Rich
 
Rotorhead,

Start a nerw thread with a better choice of answers. Just do it. Start it from scratch like you did this one. I'll merge'em. Just do what you did before and have more choices.
 
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