J.Gleason
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I have been a member of OCDO since April of this year. But that does not begin to give credence to my experience, passion or desire to help change the inept and ridiculous laws we have to tolerate in Wisconsin just to exercise our rights.
Since I have come to OCDO. I have bumped heads with a few in good debates.
(Hopefully they realize it is only debate and doesn't make me the enemy)
Some I have just sat back and scratched my head at, not understanding a word they said. Sometimes I myself have babbled on and made myself look like an idiot. But all in all I realize we are all on the same side. We are all looking for answers and an organized method of which we should proceed to make changes here in this state.
But the one thing that stands out the most is our lack of unity outside of this forum.
I know, I know, some of you are spitting your coffee all over the monitor right now, but think about it. It's true.
For all of the members here in the Wisconsin forum not many show up at the events and when it comes to standing up on an issue no one is interested in taking things that far. ( IE..Picketing, group walks...etc.)
No one wants to leave the comfort of their home or god forbid miss a Packer Game.
I am not excluded from this criticism. I will do my very best to do more in the future.
The letters we have written have gained us some momentum, but we need to keep getting those extra pushes in to really make a difference.
We need for our state researchers to all get together and formulate an organized movement or plan in this state for us to move forward.
Yes, they will argue for days on the details. But it is necessary.
I know you are all probably tired of reading my posts about getting behind a candidate. But it is necessary.
We need to get behind a candidate that is as much in favor of our rights as we are. There is no happy medium, no compromise, no settling for less on this issue.
There is not much time between now and the Primary. We need to get moving and throw our support behind a candidate with every ounce of energy we have.
I do not understand why, many of the people in this forum find this so hard to do.
We need to support the candidate that comes forward and lays all of his cards on the table. The one who as Doug says, "will bleed political blood for the cause."
Or are we just going to get behind the one who the "Media" says is the front runner?
The Media! The same media that changes our very own words every time they interview one of us. The same Media that changes our very words to meet their own agenda.
Remember, Mitt Romney was the front runner at one time, so was Hillary.
A candidate that simply says, "I am in support of the 2nd Amendment or my family is a hunting family." Says nothing at all.
Saying they will pass a CCW law if elected is vague. What kind of CCW law? Is it a no compromise, nonpermitted law? Is it a CCW law that no longer allows for OCW?
I don't know about all of you, but I am certainly tired of hearing the same ole, same ole.
I will put my support behind Mark Todd, who is the only candidate to date that has acknowledged our existence as an organization. The only candidate that has given us his position on the issues and answered our questions openly. Which is very risky for him during his campaign. Fortunately Mark Todd feels the same way we do and he believes these issues are important enough to make a stand on.
I will be going to his event tonight (Aug 28) and I will be going to the event on Sept 6 and Sept 25 as well. (http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum57/30548.html)
The people in St. Croix County had a wonderful turn out. Many of those people are not even from OCDO. Many said they couldn't make it because of work, travel distance, other plans and so on.
While I can understand the issues of work and travel, I then have to think, what about the other events?
Is work always the issue? Is travel always the issue? While the Olsen's event was quite far away and travel was hard for many of us as well as the work issue.
What about this event in Appleton on Sept 25? There is plenty of notice. It is on the east side of the state and fairly central even though it is still considered North east Wisconsin.
Every time I see a news story in the paper concerning an OC event, there are always the comments that follow where someone says, "Just because a few of these crazy gun totin people have a cook out and carry guns doesn't make it OK."
A few? It always seems like a few, well until St. Croix and Hubert's party as well.
This event on September 25 is the opportunity we have been waiting for. It is an Open Carry event hosted by a Candidate for Governor. What more could we ask for?
Or we can all just sit here in the forum and talk about what might have been for the next 4 years.
I have made my decision.
Now, you decide.
Molon Labe!
Carry On!
I have been a member of OCDO since April of this year. But that does not begin to give credence to my experience, passion or desire to help change the inept and ridiculous laws we have to tolerate in Wisconsin just to exercise our rights.
Since I have come to OCDO. I have bumped heads with a few in good debates.
(Hopefully they realize it is only debate and doesn't make me the enemy)
Some I have just sat back and scratched my head at, not understanding a word they said. Sometimes I myself have babbled on and made myself look like an idiot. But all in all I realize we are all on the same side. We are all looking for answers and an organized method of which we should proceed to make changes here in this state.
But the one thing that stands out the most is our lack of unity outside of this forum.
I know, I know, some of you are spitting your coffee all over the monitor right now, but think about it. It's true.
For all of the members here in the Wisconsin forum not many show up at the events and when it comes to standing up on an issue no one is interested in taking things that far. ( IE..Picketing, group walks...etc.)
No one wants to leave the comfort of their home or god forbid miss a Packer Game.
I am not excluded from this criticism. I will do my very best to do more in the future.
The letters we have written have gained us some momentum, but we need to keep getting those extra pushes in to really make a difference.
We need for our state researchers to all get together and formulate an organized movement or plan in this state for us to move forward.
Yes, they will argue for days on the details. But it is necessary.
I know you are all probably tired of reading my posts about getting behind a candidate. But it is necessary.
We need to get behind a candidate that is as much in favor of our rights as we are. There is no happy medium, no compromise, no settling for less on this issue.
There is not much time between now and the Primary. We need to get moving and throw our support behind a candidate with every ounce of energy we have.
I do not understand why, many of the people in this forum find this so hard to do.
We need to support the candidate that comes forward and lays all of his cards on the table. The one who as Doug says, "will bleed political blood for the cause."
Or are we just going to get behind the one who the "Media" says is the front runner?
The Media! The same media that changes our very own words every time they interview one of us. The same Media that changes our very words to meet their own agenda.
Remember, Mitt Romney was the front runner at one time, so was Hillary.
A candidate that simply says, "I am in support of the 2nd Amendment or my family is a hunting family." Says nothing at all.
Saying they will pass a CCW law if elected is vague. What kind of CCW law? Is it a no compromise, nonpermitted law? Is it a CCW law that no longer allows for OCW?
I don't know about all of you, but I am certainly tired of hearing the same ole, same ole.
I will put my support behind Mark Todd, who is the only candidate to date that has acknowledged our existence as an organization. The only candidate that has given us his position on the issues and answered our questions openly. Which is very risky for him during his campaign. Fortunately Mark Todd feels the same way we do and he believes these issues are important enough to make a stand on.
I will be going to his event tonight (Aug 28) and I will be going to the event on Sept 6 and Sept 25 as well. (http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum57/30548.html)
The people in St. Croix County had a wonderful turn out. Many of those people are not even from OCDO. Many said they couldn't make it because of work, travel distance, other plans and so on.
While I can understand the issues of work and travel, I then have to think, what about the other events?
Is work always the issue? Is travel always the issue? While the Olsen's event was quite far away and travel was hard for many of us as well as the work issue.
What about this event in Appleton on Sept 25? There is plenty of notice. It is on the east side of the state and fairly central even though it is still considered North east Wisconsin.
Every time I see a news story in the paper concerning an OC event, there are always the comments that follow where someone says, "Just because a few of these crazy gun totin people have a cook out and carry guns doesn't make it OK."
A few? It always seems like a few, well until St. Croix and Hubert's party as well.
This event on September 25 is the opportunity we have been waiting for. It is an Open Carry event hosted by a Candidate for Governor. What more could we ask for?
Or we can all just sit here in the forum and talk about what might have been for the next 4 years.
I have made my decision.
Now, you decide.
Molon Labe!
Carry On!