rebel-patriot
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Hi folks! 77Zach, Knapper, Adulay, thanks for the replies. I was beginning to think that this thread had lost interest.
I am just north of Tampa in Southern Pasco. I can definitely travel to meet with people and am interested in getting a core group of people together to get this moving here in Florida.
Adulay I know you are an hour south per your message. Which area would be easier for you to get to, Brandon or St. Pete? Gives me an idea which way you are coming in.
I am available on Sundays and Tuesdays. I would appreciate if everyone would chime in with when they are available and where they will be coming from so we can try to pick a time and a central location.
As I see it, and I am by no lawyer or expert, We have a couple of paths to follow in order to accomplish this. That is the strategy to which I am referring.
The "paths" I am talking about here are:
1. The specific repeal of Florida Statute 790.053 or
2. Initiate an amendment to the state Constitution.
That decision will tell us what type of organization we will need to create. Both paths are going to require money, legal help etc.. so we will need to start thinking of fundraisers..
Maybe get on the phone with the Wisconsin folks and discuss what they have been doing. Perhaps get with the founders of this website in VA and get some advise as well.
Is this going to be a hard line, our way or the highway type thing or are we willing as a group to have a fallback position? In other words are we going to hardline it saying Open Carry for all legal gunowners without the need for any kind of permit etc or are we willing to accept an initial fallback position of changing the CC permit to a generic "firearms permit" here in Florida where any firearms permit holder can either OC or CC as they wish? I am just tossing ideas out to get the tumblers moving. I firmly believe that this decision should not be made lightly and should be discussed openly and logically by this group before organizing.
77Zach, I understand your frustrations with the system. All of the topics and issues you raise are good points. These are specfic actions used to accomplish the overall strategy. Once the group has formed and made the big decisions, that is when these type of actions will be decided on and begun.
I propose this as a beginning agenda for our meeting. Please pitch in ideas and locations.
1. Meet and greet. Each person gives a brief introduction outlining their personal history, why this is important to them, and what skills they believe they bring to the group. Say 5-10 minutes each person.
2. Objectives. What is it exactly we wish to accomplish and how best to organize around that objective. This is going to be the core of the meeting and initially I propose we spend at least an hour or more discussing this and allowing everyone to be heard.
3. Action Items. I am sure questions will be raised and more information will be necessary for everyone to make their personal decisions as to whether or not to commit to this group. We should all agree initially to get together at least 3 times to discuss and decide.
4. Decide on a next meeting date, time, location.
I propose we all set our calendars for Sunday September 27th for our first meeting.
Does this sould good to everyone else? Comments, questions, constructive criticisms?
Reb
Hi folks! 77Zach, Knapper, Adulay, thanks for the replies. I was beginning to think that this thread had lost interest.
I am just north of Tampa in Southern Pasco. I can definitely travel to meet with people and am interested in getting a core group of people together to get this moving here in Florida.
Adulay I know you are an hour south per your message. Which area would be easier for you to get to, Brandon or St. Pete? Gives me an idea which way you are coming in.
I am available on Sundays and Tuesdays. I would appreciate if everyone would chime in with when they are available and where they will be coming from so we can try to pick a time and a central location.
As I see it, and I am by no lawyer or expert, We have a couple of paths to follow in order to accomplish this. That is the strategy to which I am referring.
The "paths" I am talking about here are:
1. The specific repeal of Florida Statute 790.053 or
2. Initiate an amendment to the state Constitution.
That decision will tell us what type of organization we will need to create. Both paths are going to require money, legal help etc.. so we will need to start thinking of fundraisers..
Maybe get on the phone with the Wisconsin folks and discuss what they have been doing. Perhaps get with the founders of this website in VA and get some advise as well.
Is this going to be a hard line, our way or the highway type thing or are we willing as a group to have a fallback position? In other words are we going to hardline it saying Open Carry for all legal gunowners without the need for any kind of permit etc or are we willing to accept an initial fallback position of changing the CC permit to a generic "firearms permit" here in Florida where any firearms permit holder can either OC or CC as they wish? I am just tossing ideas out to get the tumblers moving. I firmly believe that this decision should not be made lightly and should be discussed openly and logically by this group before organizing.
77Zach, I understand your frustrations with the system. All of the topics and issues you raise are good points. These are specfic actions used to accomplish the overall strategy. Once the group has formed and made the big decisions, that is when these type of actions will be decided on and begun.
I propose this as a beginning agenda for our meeting. Please pitch in ideas and locations.
1. Meet and greet. Each person gives a brief introduction outlining their personal history, why this is important to them, and what skills they believe they bring to the group. Say 5-10 minutes each person.
2. Objectives. What is it exactly we wish to accomplish and how best to organize around that objective. This is going to be the core of the meeting and initially I propose we spend at least an hour or more discussing this and allowing everyone to be heard.
3. Action Items. I am sure questions will be raised and more information will be necessary for everyone to make their personal decisions as to whether or not to commit to this group. We should all agree initially to get together at least 3 times to discuss and decide.
4. Decide on a next meeting date, time, location.
I propose we all set our calendars for Sunday September 27th for our first meeting.
Does this sould good to everyone else? Comments, questions, constructive criticisms?
Reb