Gun Control & RKBA

Two things in that post.

First, I was pointing out the common hypocrisy of gun control fans that rant online, but never quite get around to ever doing anything in the real world. They seem to be too cheap to reach for their checkbooks to pay dues, or do much besides hitting "like" on a gun control facebook page and most of them don't even bother to do that, after all 1%er racist Bloomberg is funding gun control at $50 million a year. So they really don't need your $20, right?

Other than 2 or 3 paid Bloomberg employees, the people that keep telling us how much "they care" can't seem to find the time to take time off work or use their vacation days to meet with legislators or show up for the town halls and zoning meetings where the gun owners always show up.

So, how many days of your own time and your own money have you used to show how "bad you feel" abut gun accidents and violence in the past year?

Gun control is the online version of a paper tiger. It's easy and cheap to talk a good game online. You don't even have to get off the couch. But that cheap, lazy and feckless attitude is why gun control has become a rich man's hobby, with no grass roots element.

You see, gun owners actually do things in the real world. We spend our own money on our hobby and supporting the 2nd amendment. We pay dues to different organizations from the ISRA to the NRA to the Pink Pistols. Tomorrow 10,000 Illinois gun owners will take time off work and drive themselves to the state capitol for the 10th year in a row at I-GOLD (Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day). We'll meet in small groups with our legislators and fill the main streets outside the capitol with our march. We'll walk in with their voting record on 2nd amendment issues in our pocket, if not memorized, and also make sure they know that we vote like clockwork and so do our families and friends.

We care about firearm accidents too, except we actually do something about it, that's why we teach people to buy trigger locks and safes and teach people about safe storage and the 4 safety rules. How about an example or two of what the prominent "Gun Safety" groups like Everytown, MDA or Brady actually do for Gun Safety?

Second, I thought the fire extinguisher, seat belts, helmet and firearm examples were fairly simple examples. Obviously a little too complex . They are all pieces of equipment I have available and know how to use for unlikely situations that, without them, might have dire consequences. It's called being prepared, as opposed to being smug.

That's the difference between the "Gun Control Movement" and the pro 2nd people. One's real the other is pretend.