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At the risk of being presumptuous...
IMHO the below video interview articulates the approach and vision @Joe Link has for NWFA and how we, as a pro-2A community can better serve the cause (and vision) of expanding our fellow citizens' awareness of the awesome liberties (and responsibilities) we are fortunate enough to enjoy.
Speaking for myself, in this day and age of "spin", greed, and ego constantly being thrown at us 24/7, it's becoming increasingly less frequent (an oxymoron... ha ha!) that I hear/see something (media-wise) that gets through my "tripe-filter" and causes me to stop and reflect on something beyond just the cursory level.
There's a time for fighting, and there's a time for reasoning. As long as it's constructive (in any degree) I much prefer "the path of reason" with other people. I'm up for (literal) fighting if needed, but a "conquered enemy" will always be just that, an enemy who is biding their time. An ally won over via thoughtful and respectful reason will become someone who sees the mutual benefit, and they'll "stand in the gap" with you in a "brotherhood of common purpose".
Strangely, fighting is easier than reasoning because oftentimes reasoning means you must conquer yourself rather than conquering others. On all accounts that makes for a stone house built upon firm ground, rather than a straw house built upon sand... and I would see our country built from the former over the latter.
IMHO the below video interview articulates the approach and vision @Joe Link has for NWFA and how we, as a pro-2A community can better serve the cause (and vision) of expanding our fellow citizens' awareness of the awesome liberties (and responsibilities) we are fortunate enough to enjoy.
Speaking for myself, in this day and age of "spin", greed, and ego constantly being thrown at us 24/7, it's becoming increasingly less frequent (an oxymoron... ha ha!) that I hear/see something (media-wise) that gets through my "tripe-filter" and causes me to stop and reflect on something beyond just the cursory level.
There's a time for fighting, and there's a time for reasoning. As long as it's constructive (in any degree) I much prefer "the path of reason" with other people. I'm up for (literal) fighting if needed, but a "conquered enemy" will always be just that, an enemy who is biding their time. An ally won over via thoughtful and respectful reason will become someone who sees the mutual benefit, and they'll "stand in the gap" with you in a "brotherhood of common purpose".
Strangely, fighting is easier than reasoning because oftentimes reasoning means you must conquer yourself rather than conquering others. On all accounts that makes for a stone house built upon firm ground, rather than a straw house built upon sand... and I would see our country built from the former over the latter.
