Question for both pro and anti-gun posters.

Just how actively are you involved with the issue of gun control?

(with my responses).



First off, are you...

Pro-gun X

Anti-gun

Somewhere in the middle

Don't care.

Don't know.



Have you ever...

E-mailed your representatives?

yes

Mailed your representatives?

yes

Faxed your representatives?

yes

Phoned your representatives?

yes

Met face to face with your representatives?

yes

Took active part in a protest or lobbying effort?

yes

Taken the time to educate someone with opposing views?

yes

Written to newspapers?

yes (never published) :(

Called in to radio shows?

Thought about it, but never did.

Belong to a pro or anti-gun organization?

yes

On a one to ten scale; how important is the issue to you?

1) Guns? Never heard of them.
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.
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10) My wife yes, my dog maybe, my gun, never!

On the RKBA Meter®

I'm about a 7.5-8.

First off, are you...

Pro-gun
Anti-gun
Somewhere in the middle X

Don't care.

Don't know.



Have you ever...

E-mailed your representatives?

yes

Mailed your representatives?

no

Faxed your representatives?

no

Phoned your representatives?

yes

Met face to face with your representatives?

no

Took active part in a protest or lobbying effort?

yes

Taken the time to educate someone with opposing views?

yes

Written to newspapers?

no

Called in to radio shows?

Thought about it, be never did.

Belong to a pro or anti-gun organization?

no

On a one to ten scale; how important is the issue to you?

1) Guns? Never heard of them.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
10) My wife yes, my dog maybe, my gun, never!

on that scale around a 6

and the commentary is just idiotic. These guys want everyone to have a gun, but no head (and hence eyes) with which to aim. They want people to be mad at 'liberals' because of some attack on the right to bear arms, yet they ignore the Patriot Act, or the fact that the President is now allowed to make war without Congress, or that even you (or me) could be detained simply for expressing our opinioins. I take this shit seriously (as you might imagine, me speaking my mind and all).

I guarantee these magazines are owned by the powers that be.

but corporations who manufacture instruments of death are evil, plain and simple. If you buy an assault rifle from a major corporation, it's like when the South during the civil war were buying their weapons from companies based in the North. And of course the North cut them off, and supplies dwindled, and they lost (which is probably a good thing given what they represented.

So yes people kill people, and people should be and have the right to prepare for taking back their government, but people should instead of being such fucking rednecks about the issue, educate themselves on current events, and focus not so much on their natural given and constitutionally enforced rights as much as they should the 'enemy'.

I mean, everybody wants to be able to shoot their gun, but they tie some blind-fold around their head when they think about the issue.

Check out http://www.democracynow.org to here some independent media, and you'll become more educated on their strategies.

I didn't realize there was a full moon out tonight.

I should probably know better than to ask such complicated questions on a Friday night. :crazy:

I was going to just put a long string of answers cause I'm lazy and that would have been kind of funny, but compared to a few of the posts ahead of me, well, what can compare with that?

E-mailed your representatives?

nope

Mailed your representatives?

nope

Faxed your representatives?

nope

Phoned your representatives?

nope

Met face to face with your representatives?

nope

Took active part in a protest or lobbying effort?

nope

Taken the time to educate someone with opposing views?

yes - I try all the time. I don't think they really listen though.

Written to newspapers?

nope

Called in to radio shows?

nope

Belong to a pro or anti-gun organization?

nope


On a one to ten scale; how important is the issue to you?


On the RKBA Meter®

Mine goes to eleven.

"but compared to a few of the posts ahead of me, well, what can compare with that?

There's another term for it, but I can't post it here.

Mine goes to eleven.

:yourock: :headbang: :yourock: :headbang:

My answers are the same as D___S except

On the RKBA Meter® - My Wife yes, my dog never, my gun never

"My Wife yes, my dog never, my gun never"

Why do I suspect that if asked, the wives would answer:

My husband yes, his dog yes, his gun yes ... and the sooner the better.

My wife competes with me in tactical 3-gun matchs. Shes actually a better shot than i am =\

...?? Yes? You were saying ...? You were talking to me?

If you decide to, you might try addressing something I said. Of course. Was I talking about your wife? Not that I noticed.

Any time I hear or read someone propagating misinformation in the media I respond to it.

Other than that, my answers are the same as D__S's.

Mine are yes answers to all of the above. I am very active when it comes to pro-gun issues. I am also pro-labor and an active union member.

I am sorry that some of you feel that as gun owners we are "rednecks" or somehow lowbrow. You should get out and meet more gun owners. You will find that we run the gamut with a minority being the "rednecks" you say we are. I suppose not unlike the anti-gun liberal crowd. I'm sure not all of you are tie-dyed wearing hippies marching in some environmental parade with issues you know absolutely nothing about.

Just how actively are you involved with the issue of gun control?

First off, are you...

Pro-gun

Anti-gun

Somewhere in the middle

Don't care.

Don't know.



Have you ever...

E-mailed your representatives?

yes

Mailed your representatives?

yes

Faxed your representatives?

yes

Phoned your representatives?

no

Met face to face with your representatives?

no

Took active part in a protest or lobbying effort?

no

Taken the time to educate someone with opposing views?

yes

Written to newspapers?

yes (never published) :(

Called in to radio shows?

no.

Belong to a pro or anti-gun organization?

yes

On a one to ten scale; how important is the issue to you?

1) Guns? Never heard of them.
.
.
.
.
. X
. X
.
.
10) My wife yes, my dog maybe, my gun, never!

First off, are you...

Pro-gun X
Anti-gun
Somewhere in the middle
Don't care.
Don't know.

Have you ever...

E-mailed your representatives?

yes

Mailed your representatives?

yes

Faxed your representatives?

no ... wait, yes.

Phoned your representatives?

yes

Met face to face with your representatives?

no

Took active part in a protest or lobbying effort?

yes

Taken the time to educate someone with opposing views?

yes

Written to newspapers?

yes

Called in to radio shows?

Yes, but technically, they contacted me first.

Belong to a pro or anti-gun organization?

Yes, head one up even.

On a one to ten scale; how important is the issue to you?

1) Guns? Never heard of them.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
10) My wife yes, my dog maybe, my gun, never!

My woman, NO. (But then I'm a lesbian, so that may make a difference.) My cats, definitely not. My gun - good luck, you'll need it :)

So, what's that? About a 12?

Belong to NRA since I was 10, actively try to persuade others, yes written to rep/senators,

ok, 10 my husband, his dog, my gun never

Pro-gun X
Anti-gun
Somewhere in the middle
Don't care
Don't know

Have you ever...

E-mailed your representatives? Yes.
Mailed your representatives? Yes.
Faxed your representatives? Yes.
Phoned your representatives? Yes.
Met face to face with your representatives? Yes.
Took active part in a protest or lobbying effort? Yes.
Taken the time to educate someone with opposing views? Yes.
Written to newspapers? Yes. I've been published in papers from Philadelphia to San Francisco.
Called in to radio shows? Yes.
Belong to a pro or anti-gun organization? Yes. Three.
On a one to ten scale; how important is the issue to you? Let's say a 9.5. Less important than my wife or my kids. More important than my dog.

yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes - NRA life membership paid for in the early '70's, Pink Pistols

9.837 (I love my wife.)