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I will note that their FB page is back up, at least at this moment.
Going after the legislators only won't cut it. If the NRA is telling them one thing, but their constituents are telling them something else, the NRA isn't going to come out on top. I think this is why so many legislators that were endorsed by the NRA have given anti-gun remarks in the last couple of days. With the deafening silence from the NRA, they were left flailing in the wind and assumed, "well, if the NRA is keeping quiet I guess we really do need to do something." If the NRA had gotten on top of this situation right away, they could have at least provided some talking points to these legislators so that they would have had ammunition when being interviewed by the press.
"Rajesh Kumar Time for the 2nd amendment to be repealed!"
"Sandra South I would like a new gun law that says: Any applicant for a gun permit must self-pay for a psycological evaluation before the permit is issued."
you guys have no idea lol I had to self pay to be evaluated by a psychologist because of a marijane ticket I got in my youth, which was dropped in court, in order to obtain my CCW. UK isn't far off. If you think that what I was accused of was "serious" just remember you all have and or will do something that a a court could consider a reason to re-evaluate you and your right to 'bears arms.
Beside email/letters/phone calls theres not much else to do.
Our system of legislators,senators,congressman, and everyone else, IMO keeps us out of the conversation we don't vote for anything, and the ones we vote in are not guaranteed to help us out. Electoral college decided who the president was we just go through ceremony because it makes us feel like our opinion matters. We can say "I didn't (or did) vote for him". when in reality it wouldn't have mattered if everyone skipped the polls all together.
Just to clarify, the section of the Constitution you quoted does not prevent Congress from criminalizing existing weapons. What that provision does is prevent Congress from passing a law saying that the possession of an assault weapon last year is a crime and then prosecuting you for possessing that weapon in the past even though it was not a crime at the time you possessed it.There's a clause in the Constitution, Article I, Section 9, (Clause 3) which states, "No bill of attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed." And this clause applies more specifically to criminal law.
Just a WAG, but whatever "assault weapons" are out there today, would have to remain legal.
The NRA is not much for debate. They are mostly interested in a one way exchange. I did not even know they had a FB page.