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Pat-inCO wrote
Let me REPEAT again. Why try to create an organization where - none - is needed?
The West Slope - DOES NOT NEED - an organization to handle non existent problems.
I OC when I want. I have several friends that OC when they want. ALL with NO PROBLEM.
If that is over your head, then so be it.
You OC when you want? Golly, you deserve a cookie.
See, here's my perspective: the NRA was formed in 1871--some time before there was a any political need, and it was formed for reasons entirely tangential to the NRA we know today. Hell, they didn't even worry about legislation, until the second amendment faced its first real opposition in the 1930s.
And that's the
BIG point here, Great Thick-Skulled One. If you get a bunch of like minded people together before the situation becomes dire, you make any future fights much easier... And if you gather a real big single-minded mob of people, the fight might go away
entirely.
If the NRA had the foresight to get its political shit together back in the early 20th century, chances are the NFA could have been fought, forestalled, or drastically reduced in scope. But nobody had their finger on the button, and rallying people at the 11th hour is a significant challenge, even in the modern Age of Communications. If that's the kind of strategy you choose to use, you're doomed to failure from the onset.
If you don't think the cali-cancer is coming to your little corner of the world right this moment, that's fine. Maybe you're right. But maybe you're not. It is coming sooner or later, though, mark my word.
If you live in GJ, you should also know that like Denver, Grand Junction is a home rule municipality, and like Denver, the Meyer decision sets precedent and
would be upheld in the event your city leaders decide a new ordinance which "regulates" OC is prudent--especially since Grand Junction is the largest municipality on the western slope (the same argument Denver used). It's painfully easy for them to do.
If you don't want to be a member of some group, movement or whatever--then
just don't, but shut up about it. I think it's more than a little screwed up to come in here and browbeat someone who shows the providence to needed to fix something before it becomes a problem.