Here's a suggestion: pick one legislator and make an example of him. Let's say it's Chuck Schumer, one of the most senior members of congress. Dedicate all resources from every caring gun owner nationwide to his defeat.
How to Fire a Bad Politician
Here's a suggestion: pick one legislator and make an example of him. Let's say it's Chuck Schumer, one of the most senior members of congress. Dedicate all resources from every caring gun owner nationwide to his defeat.
Now replace drugs and alcohol, with GUNS as the evil and tell me if this doesn't sound familiar, and unfortunately alot like what will may happen to gunowners in the future.??
agreedAlso, a suggestion... if gun owners decide to march on DC (which is a great idea!), I'd suggest the march be in support of the entire Bill of Rights. It's not just the 2nd that is being trampled these days.
joab said:Kelo was my breaking point, I'm just waiting for the signal
That points to the trick used to keep this BS going: put a disinterested third party on the line. Spouse/family is one - you'll do darn near anything to ensure they won't be hurt. Financially involved middleman is another - say, require all transactions go thru an FFL who really doesn't care so long as he gets paid, and he'll do whatever is required to make sure he keeps getting paid.As of a week ago, I'm engaged to be married. There's too much happening in my life right now, too much to lose, for me to engage in high-risk activity without specific provocation.
I'm no leader either but I am a good follower,I wonder how many people are just like us, waiting for a leader.
I'm no leader. I'm just a decent shot.
ctdonath said:That points to the trick used to keep this BS going: put a disinterested third party on the line. Spouse/family is one - you'll do darn near anything to ensure they won't be hurt. Financially involved middleman is another - say, require all transactions go thru an FFL who really doesn't care so long as he gets paid, and he'll do whatever is required to make sure he keeps getting paid.
Take heart before breaking.
Most gun control is actually local/state. Federally, there is very little save save obnoxious paperwork, NFA, and 922(o). If you don't like where you are, MOVE.
Much of the "breaking point" methinks has much more to do with personal exhaustion, of trying so hard so long to obey and cooperate only to get smacked upside the head with one more restriction & obfuscation after another. Law only works insofar as the law-abiding are inclined to be cooperative; when lawmakers make it too hard to cooperate, the law-abiding stop being so (not choosing to be criminals, but made so by an impossible litany of oppression).
Take heart before breaking.
- CCW permits have gone from almost impossible to "shall issue" in most states.
- 2 states are "Vermont carry".
- the only true federal ban is on machineguns.
- inflation has brought the NFA tax down to a very manageable $200.
- most (?) states have very tolerable restrictions (easy permits and no gun registration).
- DC Circuit court declared the 2nd Amendment an individual right.
- NJ high court did the same a week later.
- The Zumbo incident demonstrated huge grass-roots mobilization in 3 days flat.
and so on.
Take heart before breaking.
- CCW permits have gone from almost impossible to "shall issue" in most states.
Florida: City to Seize Homes Over a $5 Parking Ticket
Brooksville, Florida proposes to foreclose homes and seize cars over less than $20 in parking tickets.
The city council in Brooksville, Florida voted this week to advance a proposal granting city officials the authority to place liens and foreclose on the homes of motorists accused of failing to pay a single $5 parking ticket. Non-homeowners face having their vehicles seized if accused of not paying three parking offenses.
According to the proposed ordinance, a vehicle owner must pay a parking fine within 72 hours if a meter maid claims his automobile was improperly parked, incurring tickets worth between $5 and $250. Failure to pay this amount results in the assessment of a fifty-percent "late fee." After seven days, the city will place a lien on the car owner's home for the amount of the ticket plus late fees, attorney fees and an extra $15 fine. The fees quickly turn a $5 ticket into a debt worth several hundred dollars, growing at a one-percent per month interest rate. The ordinance does not require the city to provide notice to the homeowner at any point so that after ninety days elapse, the city will foreclose. If the motorist does not own a home, it will seize his vehicle after the failure to pay three parking tickets.
Any motorist who believes a parking ticket may have been improperly issued must first pay a $250 "appeal fee" within seven days to have the case heard by a contract employee of the city. This employee will determine whether the city should keep the appeal fee, plus the cost of the ticket and late fees, or find the motorist not guilty. Council members postponed a decision on whether to reduce this appeal fee until final adoption of the measure which is expected in the first week of April.