I hear you guys. It isn't easy. We all have purdens to bear. We are one income short of where we were last year at this time. And my work is very low (flat-rate tech) so my income is low as well. Just took an unpaid 1/2 day off yesterday. Drove not quite as far as Oli (about 90 miles up, about 100 back to work) and it is a boring drive up I-71.
What I don't get (or maybe I do and just don't want to admit it) is why such a low turnout for this rally when it came out before the Jan 19th rally? Is it that the jan 19th rally came on the heals of Obama's executive orders? Maybe. It could also be a collective "one and done" mentality of gun owners. But I think it also comes from the silence of our nation's firearms associations. Since the NRA is scared that something MIGHT happen at a rally thy refuse to support them. The state's associations follow suit so not to step on big brother's toes. I just found out that the BFA staff member I was emailling is on the NRA BOD. That explains a lot about what I've seen from her posted online. So some blame goes to them...shame on them for not supporting gun owners in their own efforts. We should not be expected to just send money and sit silently on the sidelines. My 2 cents...
What I don't get (or maybe I do and just don't want to admit it) is why such a low turnout for this rally when it came out before the Jan 19th rally? Is it that the jan 19th rally came on the heals of Obama's executive orders? Maybe. It could also be a collective "one and done" mentality of gun owners. But I think it also comes from the silence of our nation's firearms associations. Since the NRA is scared that something MIGHT happen at a rally thy refuse to support them. The state's associations follow suit so not to step on big brother's toes. I just found out that the BFA staff member I was emailling is on the NRA BOD. That explains a lot about what I've seen from her posted online. So some blame goes to them...shame on them for not supporting gun owners in their own efforts. We should not be expected to just send money and sit silently on the sidelines. My 2 cents...