CoRoMo
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I just wanted to ask you guys what your take was on this...
Due to the recent attacks on gun owners' rights here in Colorado, I reached out to family in four states to help bombard the Colorado legislature with requests to kill the new legislation we've seen move.
One of my very libertarian and pro-gun family members was receiving my emails along with everyone else, but he flat out refuses to get involved. Here's his view...
I know he ends the email childishly, saying that he doesn't want anyone to challenge his opinion on the matter, but regardless. How would you guys respond?
Due to the recent attacks on gun owners' rights here in Colorado, I reached out to family in four states to help bombard the Colorado legislature with requests to kill the new legislation we've seen move.
One of my very libertarian and pro-gun family members was receiving my emails along with everyone else, but he flat out refuses to get involved. Here's his view...
Should we not be asking fellow gun owners in other states to give us a little assistance?I've seen a disturbing trend in recent emails and a recent facebook post that I now feel obligated to speak out against.
I should probably start off with a history lesson. Virginia declared its independence from Great Britain on June 12 1776, nearly a month prior to the other 12 colonies following suit. The the new federation of sovereign states was formed in 1789, each state kept its own government thus retaining in each state the right to govern themselves. As states have joined the federation or union, the trend has followed.
When people of one state ask residents of other states to write their legislative body to try to sway public opinion regarding an issue, it is a violation of that right of self government. It is not our place as Texans, Missourians, Coloradoans or Michiganders to involve ourselves in the live of each other when it comes to state politics. Many of ills of the federal government can be traced to this interstate interfering.
Let me be perfectly clear: I will not participate in the act of lobbying the state legislature of a state in which I do not reside because I believe the people of that state can govern themselves. I will not use my supposed "tourist" dollars as political bribery to sway public opinion either. Also, I will not beseech those of other states to contact my state officials to influence their legislative vote in any way.
If you do not agree with something I said, good for you. I do not want to be apart of any further discussion regarding this topic.
I know he ends the email childishly, saying that he doesn't want anyone to challenge his opinion on the matter, but regardless. How would you guys respond?