In recent weeks, we’ve spoken of the plague of Second Amendment activists who believe that by putting all of our effort into Constitutional Carry – making all state gun laws equal to Alaska, Vermont, Wyoming, Arizona and Kansas – we’ll solve all our problems.
Note: this works only in thoroughly libertarian-conservative states like Kansas, Alaska, Wyoming and Arizona, or places with ornery shooting traditions like Vermont.
How counterproductive would it be in a more purplish state, like Minnesota?
Well, in Minnesota, the Human Rights movement focused mostly on passing practical, attainable legislation (like the Omnibus Public Safety bill, which needs your support).
How about Colorado? Formerly a red state, now pretty much sickly purple and likely to keep sliding, the legislative movement to repeal the post-Sandy-hook magazine restrictions (Coloradans are limited to 15 rounds) faced an uphill battle at best.
Enter “Rocky Mountain Gun Owners” – affiliates of the same “National Association of Gun Rights” that is also the parent for the controversial “Minnesota Gun Rights”, as well as similar groups in Iowa, Mississippi and Kansas. RMGO joined with the anti-gun Bloombergers in opposing a public safety omnibus bill that would have repealed the magazine ban.
How did that work?
RMGO and NAGR stomped their feet and demanded full Constitutional Carry, from a legislature that’s controlled by anti-gun Democrats, and will likely remain that way for some time.
The problem with these groups is that playing checkers very loudly is no substitute for knowing how to play chess.
Much more on this in coming weeks.
Is it possible this group(s?) is actually an anti-gun front that actually sets out to torpedo the incremental rights regains?
Conspiracy and intrigue, this is getting interesting.
I wouldn’t put it past them. Bloomberg has had his ass handed to him multiple times at a cost of tens of millions of dollars in several states across the country in the last couple years. It’s not unreasonable at all to expect them to go underhanded if they repeatedly get defeated using standard methods.
I think NAGR and all of its offshoots need to have their funding given the same scrutiny as ABM.