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srican69

(1,426 posts)
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 08:48 AM Dec 2012

ok...I am ready for some action on guns...what can I do?

I an wiling to take a few days of work and Protest...but everything is so scattered... The NRA Fucks are so well organized..

I live in NJ...

What can I do...some thing other than signing petitions and posting stuff online?


I want my voice heard..

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srican69

(1,426 posts)
6. do they have lobbyist who shill for them...they will be easy targets
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 09:35 AM
Dec 2012

We should just squat in front of their offices

FarPoint

(12,409 posts)
4. Replace all Republican Governors for starters.
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 09:16 AM
Dec 2012

Change can begin at the state level, meaning state legislators. Gun reform will be a long, long battle....years! I doubt we can get the money we need.

srican69

(1,426 posts)
5. that's my wet dream... but I am looking for something far less ambitious for now
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 09:27 AM
Dec 2012

I would like to join a protest march for starters...

FarPoint

(12,409 posts)
7. I bet by Springtime...the protest groups will have formed.
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 09:38 AM
Dec 2012

We need to keep the momentum up. Remember...the NRA and Fox will smack us down...try a choke hold on any such movement.

dove2

(43 posts)
8. Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 09:57 AM
Dec 2012

It's not much, but I decided to donate proceeds from my ebook "There Comes a Season: Stories of war and Peace" to an already established local (Cincinnati) peace and justice non profit (Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center).

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)
9. A place to start is to contact local, state and federal representatives
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 10:02 AM
Dec 2012

Be persistent.

Encourage like minded people to do the same.

If possible, donate money or time to like minded politicians and political groups.

I am ashamed to say that "gun" issues were not a large part of my decision making processes. I foolishly assumed that nothing could be done ... I refuse to accept that now.

Not Me

(3,398 posts)
11. Be vocal.
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 10:28 AM
Dec 2012

Hound your elected officials, write to your local paper. Influence your friends, even if it means marginalizing the gun nuts among them.
We have been silent far too long.

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