Don't Tread On Me
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If this is a duplicate -sorry.
We're not too far away from the primary election (for Governor) and then the general election. This is the legal and political section, and this is a critical time. The BEST approach for gun owners is to get out the vote on primaries, when you can choose the true second amendment supporter rather than get stuck with the RINO or moderate. Apathy is bad. In the end, you get left with two gun-haters (due to the otherside almost always being anti). Also, most Americans stay home for primaries, which means activists (like us) can sway the vote a hell of a lot more. We are a bigger % in primaries. Just look at how the progressives defeated Lieberman...same dynamic at work here. We can almost guarantee a pro-gun candidate will be in the running come november.
For governor, we've got Crist and Gallagher on the Republican side. Not going to bother with the gun-hating Democrat extremists.
Who is the better choice? Christ claims to be NRA endorsed. However, the NRA has been wrong before. What is the real deal here? What's our best plan of action? IF we fail to put in a decent governor, you can bet that the pro-gun bills being passed in our state will be vetoed. If the bills are even the smallest bit controversial - they won't pass due to the need to gain a super majority.
So this election is important (like all are).
NOTE: Please, No "both parties suck" or "GOP is anti-gun too" trolls. We need to get a serious discussion going about the upcoming elections, not just for Florida, but for everywhere. I have no illusions that these people will be our saviours, they will not, I just want to dodge the bad ones and put in place the ones that will allow us to keep getting those reforming laws passed and signed.
Don't underestimate the power of internet forums like THR. The Democratic party has been completely altered because of the internet. Blogs, forums etc...have all changed the way information moves around and their supporters, while being extremists, are getting their party - slowly but surely - to better reflect their goals, beliefs and agendas. If they win, they'll have an activist government in place that WILL make changes -- changes we won't like. Changes that they've worked for. Key word - WORKED for. They are in a fanatical frenzy mode right now - they smell blood.
We gotta start talking and thinking. Being 2 months out, there's an unusually low number of election threads. That worries me because in the past, this place was rocking and getting the word out. This time around, there's a lot of disappointment and disgust - despite victories (at least) for the Second Amendment.
Misery, aggravation, and complaining is contagious. Bad attitudes and sour moods about politics, even in discussion forums sways opinion and lowers motivation. We need less of that, and more hope. Morale killing is bad. When you have hope - you have something to look forward to, something that's a goal. We as gunowners as a whole have not had any "goals" lately. Either we believe there's nothing more we can do, or that we've done enough and are complacent. We need more wins because change is made not in massive leaps, but step by step, chip by chip...just the way they've done it to us the last 60 years.
Time to wake up and kick it into gear.
We're not too far away from the primary election (for Governor) and then the general election. This is the legal and political section, and this is a critical time. The BEST approach for gun owners is to get out the vote on primaries, when you can choose the true second amendment supporter rather than get stuck with the RINO or moderate. Apathy is bad. In the end, you get left with two gun-haters (due to the otherside almost always being anti). Also, most Americans stay home for primaries, which means activists (like us) can sway the vote a hell of a lot more. We are a bigger % in primaries. Just look at how the progressives defeated Lieberman...same dynamic at work here. We can almost guarantee a pro-gun candidate will be in the running come november.
For governor, we've got Crist and Gallagher on the Republican side. Not going to bother with the gun-hating Democrat extremists.
Who is the better choice? Christ claims to be NRA endorsed. However, the NRA has been wrong before. What is the real deal here? What's our best plan of action? IF we fail to put in a decent governor, you can bet that the pro-gun bills being passed in our state will be vetoed. If the bills are even the smallest bit controversial - they won't pass due to the need to gain a super majority.
So this election is important (like all are).
NOTE: Please, No "both parties suck" or "GOP is anti-gun too" trolls. We need to get a serious discussion going about the upcoming elections, not just for Florida, but for everywhere. I have no illusions that these people will be our saviours, they will not, I just want to dodge the bad ones and put in place the ones that will allow us to keep getting those reforming laws passed and signed.
Don't underestimate the power of internet forums like THR. The Democratic party has been completely altered because of the internet. Blogs, forums etc...have all changed the way information moves around and their supporters, while being extremists, are getting their party - slowly but surely - to better reflect their goals, beliefs and agendas. If they win, they'll have an activist government in place that WILL make changes -- changes we won't like. Changes that they've worked for. Key word - WORKED for. They are in a fanatical frenzy mode right now - they smell blood.
We gotta start talking and thinking. Being 2 months out, there's an unusually low number of election threads. That worries me because in the past, this place was rocking and getting the word out. This time around, there's a lot of disappointment and disgust - despite victories (at least) for the Second Amendment.
Misery, aggravation, and complaining is contagious. Bad attitudes and sour moods about politics, even in discussion forums sways opinion and lowers motivation. We need less of that, and more hope. Morale killing is bad. When you have hope - you have something to look forward to, something that's a goal. We as gunowners as a whole have not had any "goals" lately. Either we believe there's nothing more we can do, or that we've done enough and are complacent. We need more wins because change is made not in massive leaps, but step by step, chip by chip...just the way they've done it to us the last 60 years.
Time to wake up and kick it into gear.
I typed it correctly the first time, and wrong the 2nd time....