WINSTON THE WOLF
Moderator
I know. If you asked the people on any street in this country right now, 95% of them would probably reply that only a criminal would do such a thing. Public opinion drives legislation and enforcement- it's the social contract.
This is a war that has to be fought on more than one front.
We have to get more people with an interest at stake when "gun control" or "gun safety" gets bantered around. We need to get more people owning guns and shooting. Not just hunters, because you can hunt without guns. We need people who own guns the government wants to get rid of first.
We need to change the stereotypes of gun owners. We have to act the part of good citizen.
We need to support the media that puts public opinion in the proper perspective. Do everything we can to support guys like Glenn Beck.
These are long term solutions. In the short term, we have to do everything we can now to get progun candidates in and antigun candidates out. This means doing whatever we can to keep an antigunner like Obama out. He may be a big hit in Chicago, so we can't keep him out of the Senate. But we can keep him out of the presidency if we try. Unfortunately we can't get a pro-gun Libertarian in there with our present system. Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater here.
I joined the NRA, Last month I got 5 friends to go to the range. Trying to get them to go again. I am voicing my opinion, Can't you tell LOL