Being in cross fire, Pink Pistol comment.
I'm in San Jose Ca, I'm the Pink Pistol coordinator, so I get to see two diverse groups in action.
Irregardless of how you feel on prop 8, it is a study in contrasts of how two different groups act.
For what it is worth, I feel that "Marriage" is a function of "God", not the state, as such, the state should not be issuing marriage licenses in the first place.
Gay Marriage is something that should never have went in front of any court in the first place, but what is done is done.
Prop 8 has motivated the LBGT community. They put out e mails and local rallies against prop 8 happened almost immediately. Most Gay people have jobs, they are not "professional protestors".
Now I compare them to gun owners who come up with "excuses" not to take action because of "fill in blank". The reality is only a small portion of "gun owners" are active in protecting "gun rights".
The Gays will overturn Prop8 because they are fighting for "their rights". They feel it is worth the effort and they aren't looking for someone else to do their battles.
This brings up the concept of the Washington rally. All across the country, gun and ammo sales are booming because people fear Obama will enact new gun bans, yet those same people who are spending large sums of money stocking up on arms and ammo, won't invest any time or money to potentiallly stop a ban from happening in the first place.
I believe a Million Gun Owner March is something that should be done, there is no reason why it shouldn't happen other than apathy or excuses.
This is something that will be planned out a few months in advance, plenty of time to make arraingements to take time of from work.
A all day event for gun rights would allow for massive networking among state and local grassroots gun rights supporters all across the nation.
With you tube, fox news and talk radio, internet bloggers, our message will get out. Liberals no longer have a media and information monopoly.
If you value your gun rights and you live within 200 miles of Wash DC, you are within a 3 to 4 hour drive to DC. It would be a one day commitment.
How many millions of people live within 200 miles of DC, maybe you guys know someone, maybe intimately.
How many gun owners within 200 miles, 10 million plus?
If you live within 400 miles, you probably will have to drive the night before or take special buses, say a 7 to 9 hour drive, still doable.
If would be a long drive back, your commitment, 2-3 days.
How many gun owners within 400 miles, 20 million plus.
Let's see, 600 miles, one complete day drive, one day at rally, drive back.
3 day commitment. Maybe 40 to 50 million gun owners.
Of course there is the rest of the country, a few hard core will fly in for the rally.
The bottom line is we have a larger base of people to draw from then any other group in the country.
The Gays got thousands of people out on short notice on Prop 8 rallies, if we matched their effort, we would have 10 million people in Wash.
For those of us who reside west of the Mississippi, we could help with donations.
Just my 2 cents.
NIcki