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When I was a Kid, the NRA was focused 100% on the 2nd Amendment, training, education.
And was not the conservative biased group it is today, In Oregon OFF is constantly on the aggressive stance against Democrats even though not all Democrats support or vote for Gun laws.
In Washington State it seem lobbys there are not as biased and try and support all Gun owners, that may be because a huge amount of Washington residents are Libertarian and Democrats.
So I was pondering this and asking myself should a Constitutional Based Lobby, be party biased in how they view support and fights for our rights ? I was trying to figure out why we fail so poorly at defending our rights in Oregon and it dawned on me because lobby work here is done as a Party favorite. This in a state where the Majority is Democrats, we have lobbies that are Republican party biased. That make allot of sense if you are working to offend the point of view of Democrats, just because they are Democrats you will lose every single Democrat Firearms owners support. I am sure some Democrats are a member of OFF but its about as Rare as finding a Unicorn in Dallas Texas.
Not to pick on OFF but if you look at the money they spend on politician getting into office most all fail to take office and all are Republican. No support for Pro-Gun Democrats at all. Result is you alienate one whole party.
I am not saying OFF should reach across that isle your have a better chance at winning the lottery then getting them to do that and that only is because for years all they have done is bash the Democratic party over and over ignoring that some voters are Democrat and do not support Gun Bills. Read the articles put out by OFF they often contain Liberal, and Democrat as words to describe the enemy. Not all Liberals and Democrats are anti gun, but if you preach this you will divide those who might support you.
Now the go to response is, to say well then why do Democrat voters vote for a politician that is anti-gun. They don't they in many cases voted for a Pro-gay rights, pro-abortion or something and saw they stood for the majority of what they would want in a politician. But what is ignored is these same voters are way more powerful then OFF is if reached by the voters to their politicians. They are the ones that can say vote for that bill and we will remove you. Not one Democrat politician cares what a biased Lobby that supports the other party thinks and that leaves the Lobby to be a shell and powerless . However a non-biased lobby for firearms owners whom does not preach biased could help Democrats fight for gun rights. Currently no such entity exists in Oregon and that is sad.
This is our problem and is how and why laws and bills come up unopposed because we have biased representation, not biased to the 2nd Amendment, but biased to a party how is that ever going to help us.
And was not the conservative biased group it is today, In Oregon OFF is constantly on the aggressive stance against Democrats even though not all Democrats support or vote for Gun laws.
In Washington State it seem lobbys there are not as biased and try and support all Gun owners, that may be because a huge amount of Washington residents are Libertarian and Democrats.
So I was pondering this and asking myself should a Constitutional Based Lobby, be party biased in how they view support and fights for our rights ? I was trying to figure out why we fail so poorly at defending our rights in Oregon and it dawned on me because lobby work here is done as a Party favorite. This in a state where the Majority is Democrats, we have lobbies that are Republican party biased. That make allot of sense if you are working to offend the point of view of Democrats, just because they are Democrats you will lose every single Democrat Firearms owners support. I am sure some Democrats are a member of OFF but its about as Rare as finding a Unicorn in Dallas Texas.
Not to pick on OFF but if you look at the money they spend on politician getting into office most all fail to take office and all are Republican. No support for Pro-Gun Democrats at all. Result is you alienate one whole party.
I am not saying OFF should reach across that isle your have a better chance at winning the lottery then getting them to do that and that only is because for years all they have done is bash the Democratic party over and over ignoring that some voters are Democrat and do not support Gun Bills. Read the articles put out by OFF they often contain Liberal, and Democrat as words to describe the enemy. Not all Liberals and Democrats are anti gun, but if you preach this you will divide those who might support you.
Now the go to response is, to say well then why do Democrat voters vote for a politician that is anti-gun. They don't they in many cases voted for a Pro-gay rights, pro-abortion or something and saw they stood for the majority of what they would want in a politician. But what is ignored is these same voters are way more powerful then OFF is if reached by the voters to their politicians. They are the ones that can say vote for that bill and we will remove you. Not one Democrat politician cares what a biased Lobby that supports the other party thinks and that leaves the Lobby to be a shell and powerless . However a non-biased lobby for firearms owners whom does not preach biased could help Democrats fight for gun rights. Currently no such entity exists in Oregon and that is sad.
This is our problem and is how and why laws and bills come up unopposed because we have biased representation, not biased to the 2nd Amendment, but biased to a party how is that ever going to help us.