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Like, I hope, all of you, I've been contacting my elected officials persistently since the 20th. Unfortunately, I bet most of you are getting what I am - noncommittal "I'm very concerned and looking into it" type responses. I've just finished sending a round of "it's a simple yes or no question. Do you oppose what the AG has done?!?!?" type emails.
I'm afraid that's not going to get us far, especially given the word that DeLeo seems determined not to let this get to the floor. I'm still hopeful, but I think we need to prepare contingencies. The upcoming actions by GOAL are a great start, but I don't think it will be enough.
All this got me looking at who's up for election this fall and it seems like a lot are. According to this site, there's a lot of incumbents running unopposed. I know we're late in the game here, but I'd like to think there might be a few pro-2A politically minded folks who could be convinced to run for office against even a few key people that are currently not with us.
So, I'm asking the open questions here of all of us:
1. GOAL, can you help us organize and support the candidacy of opposition candidates, even if we have to do write-in/sticker efforts at this point?
2. Anyone here want to run for office or know anyone who is thinking of it? At this point I don't even care if the person's a good, or even effective, politician as much as I care about throwing at least one "I'll discuss your concerns with my colleagues" weasel out of a job this fall.
Thanks for putting up with my rant. I'm a little frustrated and angry right now.
I'm afraid that's not going to get us far, especially given the word that DeLeo seems determined not to let this get to the floor. I'm still hopeful, but I think we need to prepare contingencies. The upcoming actions by GOAL are a great start, but I don't think it will be enough.
All this got me looking at who's up for election this fall and it seems like a lot are. According to this site, there's a lot of incumbents running unopposed. I know we're late in the game here, but I'd like to think there might be a few pro-2A politically minded folks who could be convinced to run for office against even a few key people that are currently not with us.
So, I'm asking the open questions here of all of us:
1. GOAL, can you help us organize and support the candidacy of opposition candidates, even if we have to do write-in/sticker efforts at this point?
2. Anyone here want to run for office or know anyone who is thinking of it? At this point I don't even care if the person's a good, or even effective, politician as much as I care about throwing at least one "I'll discuss your concerns with my colleagues" weasel out of a job this fall.
Thanks for putting up with my rant. I'm a little frustrated and angry right now.