Addendum

to the JPFO alert.

In the speech he'd like Sarah Palin to deliver to the NRA convention, he indicates that the NRA needs to be more forceful and more demanding than they are now. In short, they need to be more like JPFO (or GOA).

And I can't say I disagree.

The NRA is, in fact, the 800lb gorilla - the acknowledged leader in the fight for firearm rights. But their advocacy only extends so far, and their actions are much more measured than a lot of firearm owners.

There has been a lot of discussion about how the NRA wasn't on board with the Heller fight until it looked like it might be a winner. They took credit for cases filed by the Second Amendment Foundation after the Katrina disaster, cases they didn't join until they looked like winners. They've even lobbied against carry legislation in various locales (Illinois, Iowa) because the legislation didn't meet with their idea of a 'good bill'. So they're rabid defenders of your gun rights ..... as long as they're confident they'll win (or not be embarrassed).

Why is this? Do they not understand that it's the more radical members of the firearms community who are the most passionate, the most tenacious of the second amendment supporters? The guy who likes to (and can afford to!) shoot machine guns is the most concerned with all gun rights, from the person who owns a firearm for home protection to the concealed carry advocate to the hunter?

In my opinion, AAC suppressors has done more to normalize that particular facet of class III weaponry (and suppressors aren't even a weapon!) than the NRA will ever do.

It's time for the NRA to take the gloves off and win this fight once and for all. Call for the repeal of the Gun Control Act of 1968. Call for the repeal of the National Firearms Act. Call for the dismantling of the BATFE. Call for the enforcement of crime laws.

If you've got the stomach for it.

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