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<blockquote data-quote="Jeffpatton00" data-source="post: 2303482" data-attributes="member: 97649"><p>I've been active in local politics, and I've come to the conclusion that nothing is going to change until we realize the revolution has already begun, and it's not going well for our side. It reminds me of the old saying that you can boil a frog by starting with cold water, and slowly turning the heat up - that's exactly what's happening with gun rights in this country. You'd think that gun owners and others who believe in the constitution would actively stand up for our 2A rights and some do, but collectively, we act as if we're all asleep and by ignoring the problem, it'll go away. Instead, if we're complacent and ignore the problem, the 2nd Amendment will go away. Our biggest problem is that we're complacent and therefore silent, when our opponents are active and extremely vocal, aided by the media. </p><p></p><p>The only way we're going to protect this right is to get organized and get very vocal, then the self-serving politicians will have to react to us. If we simply go along with every "common sense" restriction they levy, it'll be our own fault when we wake up and realize what we've lost. Let's get loud with letters to politicians, letters to media, call in to talk show (including liberal ones, we're tough enough to take their criticism), organize rallies with speakers and get those on the news, support politicians (with dollars too, not just lip service) who honor the constitution as written), and many other ways. For instance, in my area, 9 out of 10 of everyone we know is a liberal. Do we stay silent in discussions when "evil guns" come up, or do we speak up, diplomatically and informatively, to counter their anti-gun meme? After a while they'll be more cautious about criticizing guns publicly, for fear of being publicly countered - liberals get quite uncomfortable unless everyone around them are nodding their heads in agreement with "what everybody knows." Let's not be antagonistic, we want to win people over, and let's never get violent, that just gives our opponents ammunition to use against us, but we should take a lesson from what is working for liberals, let's get loud and proud about our constitutional rights.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeffpatton00, post: 2303482, member: 97649"] I've been active in local politics, and I've come to the conclusion that nothing is going to change until we realize the revolution has already begun, and it's not going well for our side. It reminds me of the old saying that you can boil a frog by starting with cold water, and slowly turning the heat up - that's exactly what's happening with gun rights in this country. You'd think that gun owners and others who believe in the constitution would actively stand up for our 2A rights and some do, but collectively, we act as if we're all asleep and by ignoring the problem, it'll go away. Instead, if we're complacent and ignore the problem, the 2nd Amendment will go away. Our biggest problem is that we're complacent and therefore silent, when our opponents are active and extremely vocal, aided by the media. The only way we're going to protect this right is to get organized and get very vocal, then the self-serving politicians will have to react to us. If we simply go along with every "common sense" restriction they levy, it'll be our own fault when we wake up and realize what we've lost. Let's get loud with letters to politicians, letters to media, call in to talk show (including liberal ones, we're tough enough to take their criticism), organize rallies with speakers and get those on the news, support politicians (with dollars too, not just lip service) who honor the constitution as written), and many other ways. For instance, in my area, 9 out of 10 of everyone we know is a liberal. Do we stay silent in discussions when "evil guns" come up, or do we speak up, diplomatically and informatively, to counter their anti-gun meme? After a while they'll be more cautious about criticizing guns publicly, for fear of being publicly countered - liberals get quite uncomfortable unless everyone around them are nodding their heads in agreement with "what everybody knows." Let's not be antagonistic, we want to win people over, and let's never get violent, that just gives our opponents ammunition to use against us, but we should take a lesson from what is working for liberals, let's get loud and proud about our constitutional rights. [/QUOTE]
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