Doing everything

January 11, 2009

The following comment was left at Snowflakes in Hell:

“Bitter and I are in Arlington. NRA Board Meeting are going on right now. We don’t have much of an agenda, except for discussing some details of the Second Amendment Blog Bash.”

Yeah,no agenda you say? You have a chance to do something big with the Holder Debacle while you’re THERE,and show your leadership abilities.

And all you care about is the “blog Bash” later in the year.

I would never call you a coward because I don’t know you,but man,you sure do know how to disappoint..

Personally,you showed your true colors to me when you disarmed to be in the same room with McCain at the “NRA Convention.”

Be well…..

Yeah Sebastian, why didn’t you do something about the Holder debacle, and while you were at it, make sure they get right on overturning the NFA, Hughes, and all of GCA ’68. And they really aren’t doing enough to recruit new people into the shooting sports, a multi-million dollar ad campaign would do wonders for that, make sure they get that going right away.

The answer as to why he didn’t address all of these issues, and why the NRA is doing so “badly” on them, is very simple. Resources. 

Sebastian & Bitter had the resource of a certain amount of time that they had working with certain people, and a limited amount of help they could get from those people. They made a decision on how to use their resources. Was it the best use? That could be argued either way with valid points, depending on your point of view, but it was a worthy use of their resources.

Groups like the NRA have a limited amount of money, manpower, political capitol, etc. with which to work. They have used it on things like concealed carry, the Heller case, and others. They don’t have an unlimited amount of these resources, and have to prioritize. 

Why doesn’t [insert group or person here] do more about [insert pet cause here]? Because they only have so much to work with. Because someone else’s pet cause was chosen, and they don’t have the resources for yours. Because there is a lot of work to do, and not nearly enough people and money to do it with.

Instead of cutting down the people who are working on your side, expend some of your resources towards your cause. Send some money, spend some time, make some phone calls, or write some letters. And if you are doing all that already, you probably understand that there are some things that you don’t get to, because there are only so many hours in the day, and only so many dollars in the bank. Everyone is in that boat. 

And just because a person or a group is not devoting their resources to your cause doesn’t mean that they oppose you, or are sellouts, or any of that, it often means that they have a slightly different order of priorities.


NRA Endorses McCain/Palin

October 9, 2008

This is good. With gunbanobama.com, and their other efforts to defeat Obama, there was already a sort of de facto McCain endorsement, because let’s face it, you aren’t going to defeat Obama voting for anyone else. The problem was that the McCain campaign was not getting the direct benefits of an official NRA endorsement, while the NRA’s efforts to defeat Obama still made it clear they supported McCain, and put the NRA’s political clout at risk if McCain lost, similar to an endoresment.


Follow up on Congressional Approval

July 9, 2008

With the president’s approval hovering in the low-to-mid 30% range, and Congress’s in the single digits, it is good to see that the majority of the American people support at least one institution: The NRA. Rasmussen Reports says that 56% of Americans have a favorable view of the NRA

Political Lore also says that even with the high approval, a relatively small percentage would have their votes swayed by an NRA endorsement of McCain. I don’t think that this is necessarily an indication of little political power, but that people that would be influenced have already made up their minds, and the difference between the candidates on the gun issue is pretty clear. While I do look at NRA endorsements, especially on closer races, an NRA endorsement of McCain would not make a difference in this election, simply because I already plan to vote for McCain.

Hat tip Uncle


RIP Charlton Heston

April 6, 2008

Charlton Heston, Actor, social activist, and NRA past president passed away Saturday, 5 April, 2008. He was 84. Thank you for all you have done.

more here


Guns in a Positive Light in the Media?

March 13, 2008

Columnist Julia Zaher recently wrote an article in The Flint Journal about her experience learning to shoot by taking an NRA FIRST Steps pistol orientation program. The article does a great job talking about the experience, and rebutting several of the misconceptions about guns, shooting, and the NRA. Ms. Zaher said on Cam & Company Wednesday that she has never gotten as much positive feedback on any article she has written to this point.

It is quite refreshing to hear so positive a review from the media.


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