So, we're back to square one.
You have little interest in freedom, Donkey. Your post history shows it.
You don't OC.
Why are you here now? Getting ready to promote another liberal candidate? That's mainly the time you show up.
Oh, yes. Its soon time to start promoting Terry McAuliffe isn't it? And, if not him, who?
Well Hello Again Citizen!
I am not much interested in convincing you about whether or not I have a sufficient "interest in freedom" to meet your standards. Think of me as an ass or as Popeye the Sailor Man or Karl friggin' Marx or whatever turns you on -- it is boring and no real matter how you decide to classify me or anybody else. Nobody is paying attention. They pay attention when you discuss issues because you happen to be rather knowledgeable. So cut the crap.
I know that you generally agree with me about Bloomberg, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, separation of powers, and the over-regulation of individual dietary decisions on the basis of "health." Those are -- as you know -- the issues germaine to this thread. You seem so determined to drive it off-topic that I am starting to wonder: under all the bluster does it really grate on you that much to know there are people like me who dare to participate for whatever reason but who do not share some of your other views -- which are not too remarkable here -- but rather uncommon elsewhere? That would suggest that one reason you are frequently here is for psychological validation because other people in your life must not understand you or find you rather wacky, or that somehow, outside of the context of this little community, validation must be hard for you to come by. That's OK. I feel your pain.
You are also correct that I do not regularly OC anymore, mostly because I do not work in a gun store anymore: I now carry only when I see a need, usu. when I am dealing with significant cash, guns, or other potentially dangerous circumstances, or travelling back and forth from the range.
As to firearms issues and candidates, I have always been a volunteer, have not been officially an officer in a "Sportsmen" campaign since the Mark Warner campaign in 2008, and have not had a leading role in a Sportsmen's for _____ organization since the Jim Webb campaign in 2006. I do significantly advise candidates and their campaigns on gun and a few other issues however, including directly advising several who have been statewide candidates this year. Not only do I find participating in forums like this to be interesting and inherently enjoyable, it is a form of "active learning" which keeps me attuned to firearms policy, and I hope makes me more useful to these guys than I might otherwise be.
As you might expect, the Sportsmen's campaigns of both McAuliffe and Cuccinelli will be run this year by paid professionals (not me) -- which usually means that they will be rather boring. I have been approached for what could amount to significant help in this area by another candidate's campaign, but I come to the table with expectations beyond mere money, and such campaigns have a way of being rather ad hoc. I do not know whether or not I will end up with a substantial role in getting that show on the road and am very busy with other matters. If I end up promoting this or any candidate as part of a campaign, as I did in 06 and 08, I would say so explicitly, and if I did so here, you would know it.
And now . . . back to soda pop.