Two Petitions That Can Give Us More Firearms Freedoms!

[McDaniel]

I just found this petition online you can sign that will call for a repeal of the Hughes Amendment: https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitio...gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl

Here's ANOTHER petition which will call for more support of HR822: https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitio...nal-right-carry-reciprocity-act-2011/FD9zpRf5

Tell everyone you know about these two petitions and get them to sign it.

P.S. The Hughes Amendment WASN'T legally passed! Watch this video to the very end and see the Yea/Nay ratio: FOPA Hughes Amendment VOTE APRIL 10 1986 - YouTube

 

[ArielT]

I actually quite like the framing of the first petition.

 

[majormadmax]

Online petitions are pretty much worthless....

 

[McDaniel]

Online petitions are pretty much worthless....

At least it's something.

 

[RetArmySgt]

At least it's something.

Its a list of gun owners on the Whitehouse website.

 

[majormadmax]

At least it's something.

Not if it doesn't accomplish anything.

Don't get me wrong, I am all for increasing our rights as gun owners; but too many people think that initiatives such as online petitions are all that need to be done. Truth is, they're not worth the time or effort. While not much better, at least taking the time to write a letter to your elected officials will show them t least one voters' position on the issue. Usually the response is a canned, autoreplied letter but at least it is an acknowledgment.

If you want more power behind your beliefs, there are numerous organizations out there that are fighting for specific goals and agendas. Place your efforts (and money in some case) into one of them if you really want to make an impact.

Our laws are heavily affected by lobby groups, and not such trivial endeavors as online petitions. Those only exist to give voters a false sense of accomplishment...

 

[RetArmySgt]

...not such trivial endeavors as online petitions. Those only exist to give voters a false sense of accomplishment...

They are good if you need to gather intel on a specific group aswell.

 

[Leander]

They are good if you need to gather intel on a specific group aswell.

I agree. I would be much more comfortable writing my representative than participating in a petition on the wh website.

 

[zembonez]

I am certain that McDaniel means very well here (this is not a swipe at him), but online petitions are often created and monitored by the exact opposite group that you are wanting to support. You have no way of knowing who sponsors or is behind these petitions. They are just good email stuffers.

I avoid them like forwarded emails.