Gun owners and the NRA or GOA. . . . Where are you???!!!

OK. For anyone not involved in a non-profit or not for profit; I am, if you do not constantly, continually, daily, hourly etc. ad nauseum, infinitum, fund raise, guess what? No funds magically show up on your door step.

As a matter of fact, if you are off the radar for any amount of time at all, you are out of business. This I know from copious amounts of research on the subject and personal efforts in fund-raising.

Not paying the NRA your dues or the GOA or whatever gun group you choose to support; because they contact you for money, is like shooting yourself in the foot because your toe hurts.

I am not advocating drinking the NRA Koolaid either. I don't like compromise. I just know that together we stand. This is no longer a private issue. You said you have found something that works better, out with it. This is not about hurt feelings, disgruntled attitudes about marketing etc. This is about survival.

I am not even the extremist here. It is almost universally recognized that we are in the fight of our lives. Lets put this stuff aside and get to it. "they" will take away your liberty and freedom to choose an advocate just to give some slacker, your money, your livelihood, your future.

Rhetoric like this whining is pointless so speak, write, do and get-r-done. Let the NRA know that you will not put up with the direction they are going in any longer. Tell your friends to make the case as well. But lets not take the bite out of this dog before he has a chance to change.

I don't care what the excuse you have for not paying; other than food, house payment/rent, or you died, they are all a crock. These organizations are our only voice with any pull at all in Washington and without them, we would be in a far worse place.

What I want to know is where are the 70 or 80 million gun owners. I am tired of carrying them.

Lame excuses like; I just duck hunt, it doesn't affect me. Oh heck, I just target shoot, it doesn't affect me. I'm just a collector, no worries here. Well DU and the rest of these groups have been so silent for so long, nobody hears them any more. They have no voice. Unless you want to save a swamp.

All that great duck hunting land is not worth a damn except to the ducks if you can't own a gun.

Just ask an Australian who had his fine collection destroyed by the powers that be. Ground up, chopped up, torched, smashed, shredded. Your classic or your home defense gun gone.

You all are going to be a sad bunch of reactors when you finally realize it was way too little far too late. Wait and see is fine for growing corn or waiting for the rain but it does not work for human rights, civil rights or God given rights.

Oh and for those of you who don't believe in God, just realize the Universe has given you the right to defend yourself by whatever means necessary. It is in your DNA. Hard wired into your brain, no brain workin' necessary.

The only thing that will work today is to “act” and act now.

Please do not waste any pixels on how the NRA doesn't do this or does too much of that or whatever. It is a lame excuse for you to cheap out and let the other guy do it. Not a word of it holds a buckets worth of water.

The next thing I'll hear is how you feel Disenfranchised or disaffected so you're not paying. Waaaaaa!

Whatever!

Two recent comments by staunch conservatives:

I do believe NRA has become far too commercial and money oriented over the last few years.

Additionally; What's with the notion that if one doesn't belong to one of these money-grubbing groups, that one somehow is incapable of voicing an opinion to an elected official? That's 'money grubber' propaganda. Perhaps I am the exception, but I manage to contact and track my reps regarding their voting record.

This is the one I love to hear. When you get tired of receiving a form letter in return sent by some 26 year aid old who probably didn't read it anyway, you'll understand why an organization with 5 million plus members has some pull.

Remember the old, very old saying, Ibi victoria, ubi concordia (United we stand, divided we fall!)? That saying exists for a reason. It is true. Remember? Divide and conquer?

Granted, you may be an exceptional human being but you do stand alone. Money grubbers or not, we need the power of the people united.

No. I do not believe your voice can be heard or appreciated by any elected official. Especially those who already think you are the enemy. Just how naive does one need to be to believe that?

If your voice is heard, your not being counted. It is simply a tick on a white board. or a notation of agreement or decent in some computer. Ignored if you don't happen to agree with the sitting Representative.

Over 15 elected representatives recently on various issues, stabbed us collectively in our backs. Think. Did your voice mean anything to them. You have no power. No voice. No authority. Nothing as an individual. The same was true more than 200 years ago, perhaps more so today.

Conyers showed us all what money and power can do. See ACORN investigation. Oh, I mean what investigation.

I am ashamed to say that there are 80 million gun owners in this country and only 4-5 million are members of the NRA or far fewer, the GOA. If you fall into this group, you are clearly independent and you have that right but we may all fall because of people like you. I for one do not want to be alone with my back against the wall!!!

The NRA or GOA is not just three guys with hats. This money gets used to do a job in a world where money talks. Don't you see the power we have together, every gun owner standing side to side? 80 million gun owners shouting different things at different times is a whisper compared to 80 million gun owners shouting one thing at the same time. The roar would be deafening. That's how it's done!

I hope you and those like you wake up before you and your single voice ruin it for the rest of us. Stand with us and we all win, stand alone and we all lose. I welcome you to stand with me by joining the NRA or GOA.

Just IMHO.

Speak, Write, Do!