bennettprescott
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It is incredibly difficult to keep all the gun activity in the legislature straight. On any given day I find out about a bill that I like or dislike that is firearms related, and I try to write my appropriate representatives about it. I also usually find out about a bill that I had no idea about, that's about to be voted on, and now I have to scramble to write a defensive not to my rep before it's too late.
I think that one of the most valuable things the CCDL could do on their website would be to list every current representative's vote on past gun issues, and upcoming gun issues they will see. I have to wade through a lot of non-gun-related voting to find the stuff that my local rep has done to piss me off, and sometimes I don't find out about it until it's way too late since the "bad" parts were buried in some national park bill or something.
It would also be incredibly valuable to have an endorsement from the CCDL to think about on my way to the polls. Some of my reps I follow more closely than others, and upcoming reps that may be more pro-gun I may not even know about. My first time voting in CT was just weeks after moving here and I felt like I was voting blind, it would be nice to not have to do that again.
I know we at the CCDL don't have anything like the numbers we need to get that sort of service going yet, but I think it should be a goal in the first year of our operation. I think it could be a major part of our recognition at the state level, with various politicians seeking our endorsement, and the ability to say to those that lost it exactly why they did. Additionally, every time a representative makes a quick vote without checking the fine print, we at the CCDL could get their attention with a few dozen (or hundred!) letters.
It is incredibly difficult to keep all the gun activity in the legislature straight. On any given day I find out about a bill that I like or dislike that is firearms related, and I try to write my appropriate representatives about it. I also usually find out about a bill that I had no idea about, that's about to be voted on, and now I have to scramble to write a defensive not to my rep before it's too late.
I think that one of the most valuable things the CCDL could do on their website would be to list every current representative's vote on past gun issues, and upcoming gun issues they will see. I have to wade through a lot of non-gun-related voting to find the stuff that my local rep has done to piss me off, and sometimes I don't find out about it until it's way too late since the "bad" parts were buried in some national park bill or something.
It would also be incredibly valuable to have an endorsement from the CCDL to think about on my way to the polls. Some of my reps I follow more closely than others, and upcoming reps that may be more pro-gun I may not even know about. My first time voting in CT was just weeks after moving here and I felt like I was voting blind, it would be nice to not have to do that again.
I know we at the CCDL don't have anything like the numbers we need to get that sort of service going yet, but I think it should be a goal in the first year of our operation. I think it could be a major part of our recognition at the state level, with various politicians seeking our endorsement, and the ability to say to those that lost it exactly why they did. Additionally, every time a representative makes a quick vote without checking the fine print, we at the CCDL could get their attention with a few dozen (or hundred!) letters.
