Stag Arms closed for the day so all their folks could go to Hartford. This actually looks like something we should do here, if the NJ Senate decides to take up the gun control bills that are currently floating about in Trenton.

 

http://www.nssfblog.com/gun-owners-industry-pack-legislative-office-building-in-hartford/

Do you really think we can muster that many people?

Do you really think we can muster that many people?

 

Well we managed to overfill the statehouse for the assembly committee hearing...

Do you really think we can muster that many people?

 

I think they'll do what they want regardless just like the idiots in the ASSembly did.

My good friend Jonathan Hardy is one of the top guys in CCDL, which is a grass roots gun rights org in CT.

 

They get people to show up because they are very well organized. However, he told me that he learned a lot of things from NJ2AS.

 

He runs a blog called CT Pistol permit issues - http://www.ctpistolpermitissues.com

 

So have no fear, I believe we are definitely on the right track. But there is a lot of work to do. We have good people on our side like Frank Fiamingo and Anthony Colandro, Scott Bach, Evan Nappen etc (and others who I may have forgotten, I apologize). I think when it warms up more people will show up.

 

CT is shall issue for CCW in practice btw, even though the law says "may issue."

They are testifying there today and their statehouse is PACKED! Colt employees are there too. They aren't taking this sitting down.

They are testifying there today and their statehouse is PACKED! Colt employees are there too. They aren't taking this sitting down.

 

Good to hear. Any news on how it went?

Hope it went well!

One important tactic for us is, we need better outreach into the general hunting community and the occasional shooter who doesn't monitor these boards religiously. We're just the tip of the iceberg here.

 

Earlier this week, I was at a leadership meeting with one of the big outdoor organizations. My vision is to develop a network with local outdoor clubs, including ones that aren't directly 2nd amendment, so that when we have 5 days to put together >1000 people, we can quickly activate the members. I'll be speaking at a county level hunting club soon.

 

What I would like us to be able to offer in exchange is that when an issue of importance to them comes up, which will likely affect many of us, such as anti-hunting legislation, we return the favor and rally on their behalf, even if it's not up there on our top list of burning priorities.

 

In this oligarchy, a coalition of overlapping interests is the best way to flex maximal political muscle.

It went really well for them. They were there a long, long time, I think until like 1AM?

 

The antis were heavily outnumbered too.

 

But it remains to be seen what their legislature will do.

let them march all they want so long as they pay their taxes... We could fill trenton with 50k gun owners and the dems wouldnt lose a minute of sleep.