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Who cares if they are OC or not? I thought the previous states that started this kind of a site were watching over firearm rights as a whole, watching bills go through legislation, giving our local people a voice. OC would be secondary to this. We would be the Idaho Citizens Defense League that happens to have some members that are active in the OC movement. Sure, it can sponsor events for our local OC stuff, but it gives us as gunowners one voice, to protect all forms of legal gun use.
Just my 2 cents...
From the Virginia Citizen's Defense League...
[font="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"] The Virginia Citizen's Defense League (VCDL) was founded in October 1994 as the Northern Virginia Citizens Defense League (NVCDL). The group experienced enormous growth in membership statewide and was incorporated as VCDL in May of 1998. VCDL is a non-partisan, grassroots organization dedicated to defending the human rights of all Virginians and, most importantly, the proposition that the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a fundamental Human Right.
[/font]Maybe you guys are missing the point of this.... first of all, part of the why comes from this.
"and get your selves a little web site going ASAP with contact info on it - I cannot keep up with akl the states" - Mike in a PM
So, we need some kind of official contact. Remember, opencarry.org is not a group or a club, it is simply a meeting place for a much larger movement. As states have gotten active they have been able to take more responsibility for themselves and form their own groups. Mike and John can't speak about us, doesn't know our issues, or our laws and politics out here. That is for us to do.
Many other states have started their own Citizens Defense League. I have spoken with several of the long active members of the Idaho forum about starting this same kind of group. The idea isn't to promote the open carry movement specifically, but to support all right, specifically gun rights. Yes, it will advocate for OC but also for other things. It will no longer just be "us". Sure, we can still meet here and talk. There won't be a forum at this site. Sure, boiseshooters can still meet there. But any event we do can be sponsored by this larger local group. It would give us an official voice (remember, we can't speak for opencarry.org) for all gun issues. We would be the Idaho Citizens Defense League that happens to have some members who are part of the OC movement. We would have an offical OC spokesperson with contact info. With more people, we have a larger voice.
A lot of details to hash out, but that is what we will be discussing this Saturday. Come with an open mind.
Saint, care to make some comments on this one?
