And now the 2A folks in CO will know what it's like to live in NYS.
All you good 2A people in other States (except CA & NJ) laughed at us and said "Move" and "Why are YOU letting this happen?". We warned you about voters apathy and a lack of vigilance. You said "Gee we can have suppressors, you can't. We're free and you're slaves!" We warned you about outreach and the demographic voters shift to urban areas. You said "We have a strong heritage of outdoors, gun ownership and hunting. You live in cities and go to repertory theater to sip soy lattes while commenting on your hair color and man buns."
Yea, it will cost many $$$$$ and take lots of time. Many will be denied permission to own a semi-auto or have permission delayed. Good luck, Colorado residents, you will need it. BTW, my 2A contributions go to groups litigating to restore my rights in NY, not CO.
First we need to repeal the "Concealed Carry Improvment Act" that all but eliminated our 2A rights. Along with the law that requires special Merchant Credit Codes for firearms and ammunition purchases with a credit card.
so it goes in law in August ‘26…. a year and a half away… get gunned up now and ignore the “law” when it goes into effect… conneticuit passed gun bans and registration laws.. out of an estimated 400-500 thousand “assult weapons” in that state they had less than 50 thousand comply. when it was pointed out the conn st popo had a total of 1200 employees the threat of “ kicking in doors” went away…
when are firearms owners going to quit whining and become a voice of many??? complacency breeds failure.
gun owners spend too much time one uping other gun owners and zero time banding together to swamp liberals with sheer numbers of Americans saying NO.
"gun owners spend too much time one uping other gun owners and zero time banding together to swamp liberals with sheer numbers of Americans saying NO."
This was the subject of my very first post at my shared blog (I'm not self-pitching, it's just a fact), back when I was writing as a guest. We gun owners -- and conservatives and "Right-wingers" in general -- spend so much time trying to "one-up" each other, we end up "Othering" people and groups who should be our closest allies.
All the while, the Left is showing a united front. Even when they're internally divided behind the scenes, the public face of their movement is in lock-step.
The Right (and centrists, and anyone Left-leaning who's not Guano-Crazy) could be an unstoppable political force ... if we only could stop bickering with each other over who's more faithful and come together as a unified, cohesive group.
Take a lesson from the British Parliament or Israeli Knesset. There's not two parties, there's dozens, and an incoming Prime Minister is HIGHLY unlikely to have a majority given just his/her own party. Therefore he/she must form alliances and make agreements with other parties to get their support and build a majority coalition. That might mean some pet causes need to be set aside for this term, as part of those agreements, but the other option is a powerless P.M. who can't get anything passed because his/her opponents run the show.
That's where we're at. We can no longer be "single-issue voters"; we need to be forming partnerships and coalitions with other (non-gun) groups on the Right and around the Center, support each other's causes, and present an overwhelming unified front that can't be ignored.
If anyone has ideas on how to make this happen, I'm all ears.
Here in Florida I write AND email state and fed reps. I spend my time trying to communicate my views and all I get back is a damned email FORM MESSAGE that took the bastard staff 10 seconds to send.
“But we can reverse this bad law in court!” Yeah, possibly, but it will take lots of time, money and engagement battling against a side that has dedicated time, lots of money and thus hired people to engage full time while we our biggest effort is to auto-fill an electronic postcard that emails your representative and gets promptly ignored by the staff.
And so it will continue until there are hard consequences for lawmakers that violate their oath to the Constitution by passing these laws. They win every time it has to be fought in court.
Indeed. If society is a house, law is the foundation. In both cases, to be long-term livable, the foundation has to be sound. It's easier to start with a good one, and then to address problems as soon as they appear.
I am rather painfully aware of how close New Mexico comes each new legislative session. This one just past wasn't great, but it could have been far worse.
And ... I seem to say that every year. I truly hope we do not get into a position where I have some serious decisions to make, but I fear that will come to pass before we move out of the state. (We love living here, love our little town and our neighbors; but the health care system is pretty bad and pretty distant, so we're looking at alternatives. Suggestions welcome...)
There are some good organizations in the state, which I support, and I write to my representatives. A problem is, many of them simply do not care about the rights of gun owners, or the rights of citizens in general; and some of them will tell that to your face. At least those ones are open about it.
And now the 2A folks in CO will know what it's like to live in NYS.
All you good 2A people in other States (except CA & NJ) laughed at us and said "Move" and "Why are YOU letting this happen?". We warned you about voters apathy and a lack of vigilance. You said "Gee we can have suppressors, you can't. We're free and you're slaves!" We warned you about outreach and the demographic voters shift to urban areas. You said "We have a strong heritage of outdoors, gun ownership and hunting. You live in cities and go to repertory theater to sip soy lattes while commenting on your hair color and man buns."
Yea, it will cost many $$$$$ and take lots of time. Many will be denied permission to own a semi-auto or have permission delayed. Good luck, Colorado residents, you will need it. BTW, my 2A contributions go to groups litigating to restore my rights in NY, not CO.
Well said Brother Tom, well said.
Still waiting to see the damned SAFE Act repealed.
But I’m not stupid enough to hold my breath.
First we need to repeal the "Concealed Carry Improvment Act" that all but eliminated our 2A rights. Along with the law that requires special Merchant Credit Codes for firearms and ammunition purchases with a credit card.
so it goes in law in August ‘26…. a year and a half away… get gunned up now and ignore the “law” when it goes into effect… conneticuit passed gun bans and registration laws.. out of an estimated 400-500 thousand “assult weapons” in that state they had less than 50 thousand comply. when it was pointed out the conn st popo had a total of 1200 employees the threat of “ kicking in doors” went away…
when are firearms owners going to quit whining and become a voice of many??? complacency breeds failure.
gun owners spend too much time one uping other gun owners and zero time banding together to swamp liberals with sheer numbers of Americans saying NO.
"gun owners spend too much time one uping other gun owners and zero time banding together to swamp liberals with sheer numbers of Americans saying NO."
This was the subject of my very first post at my shared blog (I'm not self-pitching, it's just a fact), back when I was writing as a guest. We gun owners -- and conservatives and "Right-wingers" in general -- spend so much time trying to "one-up" each other, we end up "Othering" people and groups who should be our closest allies.
All the while, the Left is showing a united front. Even when they're internally divided behind the scenes, the public face of their movement is in lock-step.
The Right (and centrists, and anyone Left-leaning who's not Guano-Crazy) could be an unstoppable political force ... if we only could stop bickering with each other over who's more faithful and come together as a unified, cohesive group.
Take a lesson from the British Parliament or Israeli Knesset. There's not two parties, there's dozens, and an incoming Prime Minister is HIGHLY unlikely to have a majority given just his/her own party. Therefore he/she must form alliances and make agreements with other parties to get their support and build a majority coalition. That might mean some pet causes need to be set aside for this term, as part of those agreements, but the other option is a powerless P.M. who can't get anything passed because his/her opponents run the show.
That's where we're at. We can no longer be "single-issue voters"; we need to be forming partnerships and coalitions with other (non-gun) groups on the Right and around the Center, support each other's causes, and present an overwhelming unified front that can't be ignored.
If anyone has ideas on how to make this happen, I'm all ears.
Here in Florida I write AND email state and fed reps. I spend my time trying to communicate my views and all I get back is a damned email FORM MESSAGE that took the bastard staff 10 seconds to send.
Rust never sleeps.
“But we can reverse this bad law in court!” Yeah, possibly, but it will take lots of time, money and engagement battling against a side that has dedicated time, lots of money and thus hired people to engage full time while we our biggest effort is to auto-fill an electronic postcard that emails your representative and gets promptly ignored by the staff.
And so it will continue until there are hard consequences for lawmakers that violate their oath to the Constitution by passing these laws. They win every time it has to be fought in court.
Indeed. If society is a house, law is the foundation. In both cases, to be long-term livable, the foundation has to be sound. It's easier to start with a good one, and then to address problems as soon as they appear.
I am rather painfully aware of how close New Mexico comes each new legislative session. This one just past wasn't great, but it could have been far worse.
And ... I seem to say that every year. I truly hope we do not get into a position where I have some serious decisions to make, but I fear that will come to pass before we move out of the state. (We love living here, love our little town and our neighbors; but the health care system is pretty bad and pretty distant, so we're looking at alternatives. Suggestions welcome...)
There are some good organizations in the state, which I support, and I write to my representatives. A problem is, many of them simply do not care about the rights of gun owners, or the rights of citizens in general; and some of them will tell that to your face. At least those ones are open about it.