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<blockquote data-quote="WessonOil" data-source="post: 2354887" data-attributes="member: 25792"><p>Very good organizations, but Ron Paul is seen as a joke by much of America (whether you like it or not).</p><p></p><p>Typing in "Second Amendment" on "<strong>Campaign For Liberty</strong>" produced very little in regards to what they're doing in preserving our 2A Rights...you have to really search the site to see what, if anything they're doing in that regards.</p><p>The site seems to be more about non-2A related issues.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jews For Preservation of Gun Ownership</strong> is a good organization, but when I was Googling JFPO, you'll see lots of gun owners asking who JFPO is, and what JFPO stands for.</p><p>On JFPO's "About Us" page, they never mention the size of their membership, and they state that they are not a lobby, but an organization that educates people on civil rights.</p><p>Even the FAQ page doesn't tell us how many members they have..but since they're not a lobby, doesn't really matter anyway.</p><p>Unfortunately, the reality of it is, many people will not line up behind an organization with the word "Jew" in it.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gun Owners of America</strong> is another fine pro-2A organization...with 300,000 members as opposed to 3 to 4 million NRA members...and receives little to zero recognition from the gun grabbers.</p><p></p><p>At a time when we have the most anti-gun administration in power, we really don't have time for the GOA to grow its membership to a size that is feared by anti-gunners..and realistically, the news was all about how many members the NRA added during the latest gun scare, not how many members Ron Paul, JFPO,and GOA picked up.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps in the future, the GOA will become of such size that anti-gunners will fear them, but we really don't have the time to wait for that to happen...if it ever does.</p><p></p><p>As Ted mentioned, the best route is to shake up the NRA and have them compromise less, but even this is difficult, in a political landscape that has pro 2A representatives barely in the majority sometimes.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Basically, the groups you mentioned are playing anywhere from virtually no part to minimal in influencing the votes of our representatives, and when we have someone like Michael Bloomberg who is throwing million of his own dollars fighting the 2A, <strong>warm fuzzy feelings for a group that treats the 2A as a sidebar, doesn't lobby our representaives, and has perhapr 8% of the members that the NRA does, is worse than the negative aspects of the NRA.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WessonOil, post: 2354887, member: 25792"] Very good organizations, but Ron Paul is seen as a joke by much of America (whether you like it or not). Typing in "Second Amendment" on "[B]Campaign For Liberty[/B]" produced very little in regards to what they're doing in preserving our 2A Rights...you have to really search the site to see what, if anything they're doing in that regards. The site seems to be more about non-2A related issues. [B]Jews For Preservation of Gun Ownership[/B] is a good organization, but when I was Googling JFPO, you'll see lots of gun owners asking who JFPO is, and what JFPO stands for. On JFPO's "About Us" page, they never mention the size of their membership, and they state that they are not a lobby, but an organization that educates people on civil rights. Even the FAQ page doesn't tell us how many members they have..but since they're not a lobby, doesn't really matter anyway. Unfortunately, the reality of it is, many people will not line up behind an organization with the word "Jew" in it. [B]Gun Owners of America[/B] is another fine pro-2A organization...with 300,000 members as opposed to 3 to 4 million NRA members...and receives little to zero recognition from the gun grabbers. At a time when we have the most anti-gun administration in power, we really don't have time for the GOA to grow its membership to a size that is feared by anti-gunners..and realistically, the news was all about how many members the NRA added during the latest gun scare, not how many members Ron Paul, JFPO,and GOA picked up. Perhaps in the future, the GOA will become of such size that anti-gunners will fear them, but we really don't have the time to wait for that to happen...if it ever does. As Ted mentioned, the best route is to shake up the NRA and have them compromise less, but even this is difficult, in a political landscape that has pro 2A representatives barely in the majority sometimes. Basically, the groups you mentioned are playing anywhere from virtually no part to minimal in influencing the votes of our representatives, and when we have someone like Michael Bloomberg who is throwing million of his own dollars fighting the 2A, [B]warm fuzzy feelings for a group that treats the 2A as a sidebar, doesn't lobby our representaives, and has perhapr 8% of the members that the NRA does, is worse than the negative aspects of the NRA.[/B] [/QUOTE]
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