Along with all of you shooters in MA, I feel your pain and frustration of living in this oppressive state. Often tempted to flee to a neighboring free state, I keep coming back to the reality that Massachusetts is my home. I love this state and I am determined to fight it out.
Yes we have the pending lawsuits against Healey and Baker (which are great) and we should continue donating to GOAL / Comm2A / NRA, but I am convinced that what we need is a culture change and no lawsuit will achieve that. I think there is a more sustainable, long term strategy that we should all actively be working.
Therefore, I am issuing a challenge to you folks on NES to introduce a new person to shooting at least once a quarter and urge other shooters to do the same. Would that be too hard to do?
We were all a new shooter at one point too, and owe a great deal to that person who took a chance and invited us to the range.
You may think that shooting is taboo in MA, but if you just ask people if they would be interested going to the range sometime, you may be surprised who says yes!
Just a few years ago, I could care less about guns and the 2A until a friend invited me to go shooting. All it took was one trip to the range and I was in.
Last weekend, I took a single mom and her 18 year old son shooting and they had a blast. As soon as they got home they both immediately printed off their application for an FID. Small investment on my part , HUGE return in the long run!
So many other examples, but you get the point.
THINK BIG, START SMALL, Invite someone to the range and report back!
Yes we have the pending lawsuits against Healey and Baker (which are great) and we should continue donating to GOAL / Comm2A / NRA, but I am convinced that what we need is a culture change and no lawsuit will achieve that. I think there is a more sustainable, long term strategy that we should all actively be working.
Therefore, I am issuing a challenge to you folks on NES to introduce a new person to shooting at least once a quarter and urge other shooters to do the same. Would that be too hard to do?
We were all a new shooter at one point too, and owe a great deal to that person who took a chance and invited us to the range.
You may think that shooting is taboo in MA, but if you just ask people if they would be interested going to the range sometime, you may be surprised who says yes!
Just a few years ago, I could care less about guns and the 2A until a friend invited me to go shooting. All it took was one trip to the range and I was in.
Last weekend, I took a single mom and her 18 year old son shooting and they had a blast. As soon as they got home they both immediately printed off their application for an FID. Small investment on my part , HUGE return in the long run!
So many other examples, but you get the point.
THINK BIG, START SMALL, Invite someone to the range and report back!
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