Chris
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drgrant said:I had thought about this briefly, but I don't like that idea because it proffers on your DL that you (probably) own guns, and frankly I'd want those two things to be separate.
Well, of course, the 'right' way to do it is to mark ONLY those people who CAN'T have a gun. But that is discrimination and the liberal nanny state would never want to violate the rights of the slime that keep voting them into office - or worse, realize that our leaders suddenly have the "I'm a Criminal" deep red background on their licenses.
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Let me explain to you why we are not taken seriously and our political leaders feel no regret treating us like second class citizens:
Ever wonder why criminals seem to have all the rights? You injure a criminal when they go to rob you and you get in trouble? A woman gets raped and tramatized for the rest of her life and the criminal gets a few years at best. A citizen is murdered for his property and the criminal gets let off due to a technicality.
The problem is that the criminals have nothing to lose. So they push the case along with the ACLU (All Criminal Lovers Union) to defeat any and all punishment for choices they made. If WE were to push the issue of our freedoms, we have our privledge to own guns to lose and perhaps even more. It's not like if we lose, things will return to the way they are. You would be a marked person for questioning the 'MAN'. A 'Trouble maker'. Perhaps even used as a reason to make more 'reasonable' laws.
Frankly, I'd love to be the one who when asked for his license pulled out this:
But I'm a coward. I do not have the strength of will, financial reserves, and friends that the original patriots had to fall back on when they risked it all for my freedom. In good faith, I can not abandon my family and risk their well being for a clear and dangerous violation of human rights regardless of how obvious it is to me.
I am a coward. Instead, I play by the rules and try to make change slowly by banding with my fellow minded citizens. I get to know the people who are voted to represent me so that they know who they are representing and what my feelings are in attempts to slow or reverse the violation of my freedoms.
But one thing I DO NOT do is ask of others to do that which I can not do myself.
"What do you want GOAL to do for you?"
SHAME ON YOU.
Unless you are willing to sacrifice it all, how DARE you suggest that another do it in your stead. I am a coward, you are something far less.
People wear the "I'm a GOAL member" like a badge of pride, but do you do anything to further your own freedom? I'm not saying that we all have to be Jim Wallace and hang out at the State House. We hired him for that. But we CAN spread the word. We can volunteer to teach. We can bring a friend or co-worker to shoot and then sign them up to GOAL. We can stare down the lazy hunter who thinks that "they will never take my shotgun" and give him a dose of truth. We can be the example of what a good citizen is.
The degree of commitment is of course a personal choice, but keeping quiet, keeping a low profile, and hoping that nobody finds out your little secret helps nobody. Start small. Talk to people. Allow the subject to be just as legitimate as discussing golf or baseball. Take some pride in yourself.
There is a huge tide to turn. Public Opinion is driven by the media and we have no access to the media. The only way is to plug away ONE PERSON at a time.
"What do you want GOAL to do?"
SHAME ON YOU.