mcraft
New member
Hello All,
I found out about this group via the news (a clip on YouTube, I don't watch real real news ), and I would love to join you on your OC mission. Up till now my activities have mainly consisted of contacting my state and federal representatives through all channels available in support of the good legislation, and vice-versa. Anyway, I think that your approach is probably THE MOST effective in reversing John Q' Public's fear of weapons and therefore eliminating the desire from some to implement gun control in the US from the bottom up(the voters ), and I would love to join your group!! I have lived in KC for 10 years, working for a company called Cerner (Health Care Software company) for my entire time here, before that I worked for IBM and a start-up, and before that I was a Nuclear Electrician in the Navy on Nuke Subs, and before that I worked at least 3 jobs at any given time, the best one as a mechanic at a Toyota dealership (cars are another passion of mine). Here is me on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=25458193, and here is me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/michaeldavidcraft. I have a CCW in MO (not that it matters for your movement I don't think), and love to shoot competitively (right now I am only registered in the NSCA for competition sporting clays and I am terrible, but practicing and getting better), and will soon be working on Swiss competition and 3 gun competition. Finally, I am working on creating a LLC as a dealer/gunsmith, and then getting a Class 7 FFL (takes a while , as I am looking to do both as a hobby that sustains itself from a cost perspective, and hopefully by the time I retire from my career, I will be a good enough gunsmith that I will be able to support my family without relying on SS, my plummeting 401K , etc.
Anyway, I have seen several clips of your gatherings and interviews and it feels like I sort of know some of you so felt like I should introduce myself so we were a bit more "even".
My next question is, how may I get blessed/approved to join you on all of your future gatherings (and anything else you do) to help your cause? Being a collector and given I compete, I have several side arms and holsters (both shoulder holsters and belt holsters) so if there are other that would like to participate but to not own one (and are not felons ), I would be happy to lend them one with a holster, etc. during the outings. I am mainly a Sig fan, but am really a fan of most, I just happen to gravitate more towards Sigs, so have everything from a Sig P238 the size of a small smart phone to full sized 1911s(Ruger SR1911, Sig), P226, P220, Glock 22 .40 (gen4), etc. for whomever to choose from, once I have met everyone and feel comfortable doing so and those of you that have been doing this for a while "vouch" for them. The last thing that I want is for one of my sidearms to be used to do bad things and hurt your mission!
Also, I do have several rifles, from tactical (all legal semi-auto, shotguns for competition, etc.), I don't recall seeing anyone carrying any one of those. Those are typically more "scary" (for example, if brought my Sig 556 5.56mm NATO with EOTech Holo and Magnifier, Tac light, Grip Pod, Sling, etc., that even my wife says is pretty intimidating ) so I can understand why you wouldn't (at least not at this point), but was curious if you guys ever do carry long guns and I just didn't see that clip.
Finally, I have no problem speaking with those of authority calmly and I know my rights and the laws of MO and KS, and have desire to stand behind them, so I would like to join you in your mission before things get worse than they already are.
Anyway, nice to meet you all, and let me know how I may join you, both in your outings as well as any other activities you are involved in to fix the fear of guns in our current society!!
Regards,
Mike Craft
I found out about this group via the news (a clip on YouTube, I don't watch real real news ), and I would love to join you on your OC mission. Up till now my activities have mainly consisted of contacting my state and federal representatives through all channels available in support of the good legislation, and vice-versa. Anyway, I think that your approach is probably THE MOST effective in reversing John Q' Public's fear of weapons and therefore eliminating the desire from some to implement gun control in the US from the bottom up(the voters ), and I would love to join your group!! I have lived in KC for 10 years, working for a company called Cerner (Health Care Software company) for my entire time here, before that I worked for IBM and a start-up, and before that I was a Nuclear Electrician in the Navy on Nuke Subs, and before that I worked at least 3 jobs at any given time, the best one as a mechanic at a Toyota dealership (cars are another passion of mine). Here is me on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=25458193, and here is me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/michaeldavidcraft. I have a CCW in MO (not that it matters for your movement I don't think), and love to shoot competitively (right now I am only registered in the NSCA for competition sporting clays and I am terrible, but practicing and getting better), and will soon be working on Swiss competition and 3 gun competition. Finally, I am working on creating a LLC as a dealer/gunsmith, and then getting a Class 7 FFL (takes a while , as I am looking to do both as a hobby that sustains itself from a cost perspective, and hopefully by the time I retire from my career, I will be a good enough gunsmith that I will be able to support my family without relying on SS, my plummeting 401K , etc.
Anyway, I have seen several clips of your gatherings and interviews and it feels like I sort of know some of you so felt like I should introduce myself so we were a bit more "even".
My next question is, how may I get blessed/approved to join you on all of your future gatherings (and anything else you do) to help your cause? Being a collector and given I compete, I have several side arms and holsters (both shoulder holsters and belt holsters) so if there are other that would like to participate but to not own one (and are not felons ), I would be happy to lend them one with a holster, etc. during the outings. I am mainly a Sig fan, but am really a fan of most, I just happen to gravitate more towards Sigs, so have everything from a Sig P238 the size of a small smart phone to full sized 1911s(Ruger SR1911, Sig), P226, P220, Glock 22 .40 (gen4), etc. for whomever to choose from, once I have met everyone and feel comfortable doing so and those of you that have been doing this for a while "vouch" for them. The last thing that I want is for one of my sidearms to be used to do bad things and hurt your mission!
Also, I do have several rifles, from tactical (all legal semi-auto, shotguns for competition, etc.), I don't recall seeing anyone carrying any one of those. Those are typically more "scary" (for example, if brought my Sig 556 5.56mm NATO with EOTech Holo and Magnifier, Tac light, Grip Pod, Sling, etc., that even my wife says is pretty intimidating ) so I can understand why you wouldn't (at least not at this point), but was curious if you guys ever do carry long guns and I just didn't see that clip.
Finally, I have no problem speaking with those of authority calmly and I know my rights and the laws of MO and KS, and have desire to stand behind them, so I would like to join you in your mission before things get worse than they already are.
Anyway, nice to meet you all, and let me know how I may join you, both in your outings as well as any other activities you are involved in to fix the fear of guns in our current society!!
Regards,
Mike Craft