Sam1911, I sincerely appreciate your view, but would like to point out that some of your fellow moderators disagree with it, such as Frank Ettins. He is strongly in favor of background checks and other Second Amendment restrictions.
Ok. I don't know if that's so or not. Maybe it would be best to let him say so, or not say so.
If it is,
so what?
My point is that every time somebody says something we disagree with, we have to make them the ENEMY! Sometimes, I think we just need to disagree, and not try to ostracize them.
Right, and that's ok if we're just talking among ourselves. When someone is
working for, or against, MY RIGHTS, they get my support and thanks, or they most heartily do not.
We can -- and MUST -- work as hard as we can to help our friends in this effort mature in their views by offering them as much encouragement as possible when they're right, and the firmest voice of constructive criticism that we're able when they are wrong. (So very DEAD wrong.)
The SAF has done a lot to protect the Second Amendment, and I don't think they should be thrown under the bus just yet.
Certainly. I think I said something similar way back at the beginning. If they dance back onto the straight and narrow most ricky-tick, I'll be happy to consider them to be working to repair any damage their lapse has caused our broader effort.
Again, though, it does give one pause when pondering where donation dollars will do the most good, if one of our favorite groups just got PLAYED like a bunch of grade-school dorks trying to beat a Vegas 3-card-monty hustler.
The NRA has often come under fire for perceived lapses in the past, and I confidently predict them to do so again.
Yes, but they seem to be a pretty shining example of an organization's views and efforts "maturing" in the right directions over the last 20-30 years. They aren't and won't ever be perfect, of course, but they're standing pretty strong these days and deserve our encouragement and support. (And still need our constructive criticism -- e.g. the anti-video games rant.)
So, YES! I will continue to support the SAF, the NRA, GOA, JPFO, and heck, even the Pink Pistols. I don't have to agree with every subtle nuance of their agenda to know that helping them, helps me keep my Second Amendment Rights
Certainly! But they need to hear from you when they bomb one badly, and money talks louder than anything else. If the pink pistols come out (LOL) against open carry or in favor of making silencers illegal, or some other such thing, I'm going to be working pretty hard to bring them back into the fold, not sending them another check and saying "keep up the good work."