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To expand on Gene's theme, minorities do not fare well in democracies especially if two wolves and a lambare voting on what to eat for dinner. Look at what homosexuals have had to deal with over the decades and yet even with their success promoting themselves in CA culture (and its taken DECADES), they still lost prop 8.
UOCers, and in fact all of CA's gunowning interests,are also a political minority (an extremely small minority). Certainly changing that minority statusis a necessary and laudable goal. But societies change slowly. And in order to even have a chance to fully exercise our Rights in our lifetimewe will requirecourt protected minority status in CA.
There is nothing that UOC can accomplish in the next 7 months before RKBA Incorporation that can't be done after. And yet while waiting for constitutionally protected status the RKBA isparticularly vulnerable to suffer further legislative defeat - a defeat which can andISbeing incited and encouraged by our visibility. There are LE agencies and politicians working to squash UOC, who will not be swayed by any peacefully educational UOC activities
This is nothing less then a cost / benefits analysis. Is it worth it in the short term, a mere 7 months,to go into battle to reestablish our RKBA in Ca culture without ALL ofthe tools for a successful campaign? Waiting for incorporation is like waiting for NEEDED supplies and reinforcements before storming Normandy while planning for action.
Please standdown on UOC and redirect your valuable and skillful dedication to this most important cause to other forms of outreach to buildup ourteams in anticipationof comingfuture action.
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After Incorporation and for tactical reasons, after Sykes or Palmer are final, then I'll be happy to hold LOC events in San Francisco...
The reason this is a legal issue is that the right to carry arms in public is a right that only a minority support. Even in states where shall issue carry permits are the norm, not more than 5% of the population perform the simple steps to get one. Minorities can generally only turn to the courts for support.
The open carry movement is an excellent idea to desensitize the public to the law abiding carrying firearms but for now its only wise in states that have a right to keep and bear arms in their state constitutions. The reason for that is that when the inevitable arrest or police harassment occurs, the OCer has leverage. Here in California the UOCer has been convicted, lest I need to remind you of that issue.
-Gene
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To expand on Gene's theme, minorities do not fare well in democracies especially if two wolves and a lambare voting on what to eat for dinner. Look at what homosexuals have had to deal with over the decades and yet even with their success promoting themselves in CA culture (and its taken DECADES), they still lost prop 8.
UOCers, and in fact all of CA's gunowning interests,are also a political minority (an extremely small minority). Certainly changing that minority statusis a necessary and laudable goal. But societies change slowly. And in order to even have a chance to fully exercise our Rights in our lifetimewe will requirecourt protected minority status in CA.
There is nothing that UOC can accomplish in the next 7 months before RKBA Incorporation that can't be done after. And yet while waiting for constitutionally protected status the RKBA isparticularly vulnerable to suffer further legislative defeat - a defeat which can andISbeing incited and encouraged by our visibility. There are LE agencies and politicians working to squash UOC, who will not be swayed by any peacefully educational UOC activities
This is nothing less then a cost / benefits analysis. Is it worth it in the short term, a mere 7 months,to go into battle to reestablish our RKBA in Ca culture without ALL ofthe tools for a successful campaign? Waiting for incorporation is like waiting for NEEDED supplies and reinforcements before storming Normandy while planning for action.
Please standdown on UOC and redirect your valuable and skillful dedication to this most important cause to other forms of outreach to buildup ourteams in anticipationof comingfuture action.