Did anyone read through the ATF Bump Stock Final Rule document?
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-12-26/pdf/2018-27763.pdf
There was some important information in there in terms of how effective activism is done.
Second, and more importantly, the ATF took time to address the issues raised in the comments. Form submissions allowed them to collectively respond to literally tens of thousands of comments at once since identical submissions can all be responded to as if there were only one of them.
My takeaway:
If you are going to take the time to send a request/comment/opinion to an official or organization in the name of activism you need to make it unique. You can get ideas from form letters, but make the response your own. I'm not talking about changing a few words here and there--I'm talking about using the ideas in the form letter as seeds from which your own submission will grow into something obviously unique.
As always, these submissions should be clearly written and succinct. Not to the point of being a collection of one-liners, but it is critical to keep things to a few paragraphs. Don't ramble, hit your points, use the words you need to make your positions clear, then you're done.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-12-26/pdf/2018-27763.pdf
There was some important information in there in terms of how effective activism is done.
Of the 119,264 comments received in support of the rule, 14,618 used one form letter in support of the proposed rule...
A total of 66,182 comments were received that opposed the rule. Approximately 40,806 of those comments were form submissions by the National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) on behalf of its members, with 25,874 submitted on paper petitions and 14,932 submitted by facsimile. ... Of the 25,376 comments individually submitted, 12,636 used one of three form letters; the remaining 12,740 were unique comments.
The document gives the distinct impression that form submissions are not considered to have the same impact as "unique comments".A total of 16,051 of the commenters opposed the rule on the ground that it violates the Second Amendment. Of these, 11,753 used a form letter...
Second, and more importantly, the ATF took time to address the issues raised in the comments. Form submissions allowed them to collectively respond to literally tens of thousands of comments at once since identical submissions can all be responded to as if there were only one of them.
My takeaway:
If you are going to take the time to send a request/comment/opinion to an official or organization in the name of activism you need to make it unique. You can get ideas from form letters, but make the response your own. I'm not talking about changing a few words here and there--I'm talking about using the ideas in the form letter as seeds from which your own submission will grow into something obviously unique.
As always, these submissions should be clearly written and succinct. Not to the point of being a collection of one-liners, but it is critical to keep things to a few paragraphs. Don't ramble, hit your points, use the words you need to make your positions clear, then you're done.