jaholder1971
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IIRC, groups like Knoxx's, GOA and SAF were on board with Heller long before NRA was.
The NRA is an exterminator.
Antis are the rats
If they killed all the rats we wouldnt need them anymore.
This seems like a simple enough equation.
And it's how groups of people with different interests and points of view co-exist in real life. It's how politics works. One of the ugly truths of politics is that often if you don't know how to play the game, you will get trampled.cornman said:...working together and making compromises is how this nation is supposed to work.
The only "compromise" made here is that we wouldn't put people who supported RKBA in a position where they wouldn't be able to help us in the future (either because their own leadership blacklisted them or because they lost their seats). I fail to see that as a problem - in fact, it seems to me that relying on a single party for RKBA is probably going to lead to failure ultimately.
There is certainly some truth to that analogy. However, politics is what it is. The all or nothing crowd always gets nothing.The NRA is an exterminator.
Antis are the rats
If they killed all the rats we wouldnt need them anymore.
This seems like a simple enough equation.
I agree that there's nothing wrong with giving the NRA some competition and keeping them under some pressure to perform for us. I doubt that they'd let it go as far as "single shot shotguns and maybe .22s." The NRA leadership is made up of shooters too.They have their personal interests in preserving the RKBA.longrifleman said:....Without groups like GOA and a few no-compromise memers within the NRA keeping them honest, it would almost certainally end up giving away everything except single shot shotguns and maybe .22s. ...Appearing reasonable isn't a goal in itself.
Sadly, folks that belong to that crowd fail to understand this simple truth even though it should be a no brainer. Just a look at the the "all or nothing" organizations will tell you how "successful" they've been.The all or nothing crowd always gets nothing.
There is Legalities, and there is Politics.
Doing this now might prevent a AWB later.
That's pretty simplistic for such a complex issue; without darkness there would be no light, with no evil, no good, without plates no dirty dishes, blah blah blah.The NRA is an exterminator.
Antis are the rats
If they killed all the rats we wouldnt need them anymore.
This seems like a simple enough equation.
At the same time, complete and utter defeat is most often a bad thing.yokel said:....Compromising is a necessary and good thing, except when it is a bad thing.