Vermont Carry
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- Joined
- Dec 10, 2005
- Messages
- 22
NRA has a long history of not trying to repeal gun bans/gun registration. They seem to consider bans and registration that get passed, to be "settled law" the second it's signed by a president/governor. Before someone brings up CCW laws, those laws actually set carry bans IN STONE (unless you have paid the incredibly high fees to get the permission permit from mommy government of course). I think every state that has a "shall issue" law STILL has their statewide BAN on concealed carry IN FULL FORCE. I would rather have 5 or 6 states with "Vermont/Alaska" carry (or 2nd amendment carry) than 30+ states that give out insulting "permits" FOR A VERY HIGH FEE in most states (not to mention the expiration date). Almost no gun owners remember that it was Ronald Reagan who signed California's carry BAN. I point that out because we need to fight smarter, and stop just looking at the surface of things like NRA.
Then there is the fact that NRA considered the NFA of 1934 to be allegedly "constitutional." Then there is the fact that NRA did NOT consider a vote for the 1968 gun CONTROL act to be an anti gun vote . Then there is how NRA looked the other way in 1986 when the 2nd amendment was killed for good. To make matters worse, NRA doesn't even mention the 1986 ban on any of their websites or literature (that I have ever been able to find- seriously, if anyone has evidence of NRA talking about the 1986 ban, please post a link).
If you need more recent evidence of betrayal, NRA allowed the "assault weapons ban" to pass with the bogus claim that they would "strip it out during conference committee," which of course never happened.
I believe that NRA is effectively the brady campaign in different form. Sure, they put on a good ACT, but if substance matters to you, the NRA isn't at all what it seems.
Many gun owners believe that NRA is "doing good" by cleaning up these CCW laws that have been passed in recent years. Extending the insulting expiration date (I didn't know my rights had an expiration date) by ONE WHOLE YEAR, or making reciprocal agreements, doesn't scratch the SURFACE of what needs to be done. I have YET to see NRA try to get rid of the expiration dates or the outrageously high fees (usually 3 to 5 TIMES as high as the fee for a driver's license). We've usually only seen states cut the fees for "veterans" which is immoral because it creates a "preferred" class of citizen.
Bottom line, if you truly support the 2nd amendment, you're going to have to do it as AN INDIVIDUAL and not as part of a group, especially if that group's initials are NRA. GOA seems to be worth supporting, but IT'S A GROUP, and groups won't restore the 2nd amendment, INDIVIDUALS WILL!
Restore your local militia and support good and LOCAL pro gun groups, and maybe a 5 dollar bill to GOA once in a while. My largest local "pro gun" group has the phrase "Shooting Sports" in it's name, it gets little done, and is an NRA affiliate, so I support a smaller local group. I am very encouraged by groups like "Ohioans For Concealed Carry." Every state needs active gun owners to create local groups like OFCC.
Then there is the fact that NRA considered the NFA of 1934 to be allegedly "constitutional." Then there is the fact that NRA did NOT consider a vote for the 1968 gun CONTROL act to be an anti gun vote . Then there is how NRA looked the other way in 1986 when the 2nd amendment was killed for good. To make matters worse, NRA doesn't even mention the 1986 ban on any of their websites or literature (that I have ever been able to find- seriously, if anyone has evidence of NRA talking about the 1986 ban, please post a link).
If you need more recent evidence of betrayal, NRA allowed the "assault weapons ban" to pass with the bogus claim that they would "strip it out during conference committee," which of course never happened.
I believe that NRA is effectively the brady campaign in different form. Sure, they put on a good ACT, but if substance matters to you, the NRA isn't at all what it seems.
Many gun owners believe that NRA is "doing good" by cleaning up these CCW laws that have been passed in recent years. Extending the insulting expiration date (I didn't know my rights had an expiration date) by ONE WHOLE YEAR, or making reciprocal agreements, doesn't scratch the SURFACE of what needs to be done. I have YET to see NRA try to get rid of the expiration dates or the outrageously high fees (usually 3 to 5 TIMES as high as the fee for a driver's license). We've usually only seen states cut the fees for "veterans" which is immoral because it creates a "preferred" class of citizen.
Bottom line, if you truly support the 2nd amendment, you're going to have to do it as AN INDIVIDUAL and not as part of a group, especially if that group's initials are NRA. GOA seems to be worth supporting, but IT'S A GROUP, and groups won't restore the 2nd amendment, INDIVIDUALS WILL!
Restore your local militia and support good and LOCAL pro gun groups, and maybe a 5 dollar bill to GOA once in a while. My largest local "pro gun" group has the phrase "Shooting Sports" in it's name, it gets little done, and is an NRA affiliate, so I support a smaller local group. I am very encouraged by groups like "Ohioans For Concealed Carry." Every state needs active gun owners to create local groups like OFCC.