Then vote those people out of office.
That's what elections are for. The problem with too many people in the gun community is that they talk a good fight, but when push comes to shove, a lot of us aren't even registered to vote, or refuse to vote out of some stubborn rejection for the popular challenger, or they actually do throw away their votes on some no-hope third or fourth party candidate who can't raise enough public support...
And if that's not good enough...then run for office.
Didn't you just contradict your very point?
"then vote these people out of office."
"or refuse to vote out of some stubborn rejection for the popular challenger, or they actually do throw away their votes on some no-hope third or fourth party candidate who can't raise enough public support..."
How can you argue to vote these people out of office, yet succumb to voting for the lesser of two evils? Obama and Romney are black and white versions of each other. I think those who really want to make a change are putting their support behind Ron Paul or Gary Johnson. Those who say they want change but vote for Romney because he is the only one who can beat Obama, and he is the "other" major candidate, are only adding fuel to the fire that is burning our Constitution to the ground. Freedom is not what we should be fighting for- we already are free. We will remain free. It's liberty that is slowly fading away..from gun rights to gay rights to property rights to drug rights...those are all choices and decisions that shouldn't be made by the government, but by The People.
As Beretta92FSLady said, the power right now lies in A People. Because The People have fallen for the same rhetoric that you promote..don't vote for the liberty and Constitution loving third party or lesser known candidate, but place your trust in the major party big government candidate. The People didn't choose their republican candidate for president, the media and establishment did. If there was nothing to fear with Ron Paul, then why cheat and change the rules before the RNC? They know where the solution lies, and it isn't in their major candidate.
A vote for Ron Paul or Gary Johnson is not a "throw away" vote as you suggest, but it is evidence for those future generations that there are other People out there just like them- disgusted with big government, unhappy with the trampling of the Constitution, and the slow destruction of personal liberty. A vote for Ron Paul or Gary Johnson is proof that people are fed up, and give others a place to go for support. What's that saying, "Rome wasn't built in a day"? I'm sure our Republic wasn't built in a day either...
So say what you will- but I won't fall for the trap. A vote for Romney is a vote to stay on the current path. A vote for Ron Paul or Gary Johnson just shows that there's one more person who won't conform to the rhetoric and really wants a change.
sorry for all the caps and coherent sentences...it's not really my style...i was just taking some advice that Beretta92FSLady was giving to another poster- "You're being a bit too emotive, my friend. You don't have to have respect for The President, or the Office, but try having some self-respect, and containing your hot-heated tone."
i think it helped convey my point a lil better...so thx