{"id":52305,"date":"2015-03-30T10:00:51","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T15:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=52305"},"modified":"2015-03-30T10:09:50","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T15:09:50","slug":"the-elmer-gantries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=52305","title":{"rendered":"The Elmer Gantries"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to Second Amendment rights groups, I’ve always said “let a thousand flowers bloom”.<\/p>\n

You prefer to fight the national fight by proxy? \u00a0Send your $35 to the NRA. \u00a0Want to get more into the thick of things nationally? \u00a0Contribute to the Second Amendment Foundation.<\/p>\n

Wanna affect what happens in the Minnesota legislature? \u00a0Support GOCRA. \u00a0Wanna affect who\u00a0gets elected to\u00a0<\/em>the Legislature? \u00a0Support MNGOPAC. \u00a0Feel like taking it to the streets? \u00a0The Twin Cities Carry Forum is the place to go.<\/p>\n

If you want to donate money to an organization<\/a> that seems to have little tie to Minnesota<\/a>, that is closely linked to a network of similar organizations that seem to do more harm than good in the legislature in other states (Iowa<\/a>, Colorado and Mississippi), which probably means it’s a good thing all that Minnesota fundraising has no visible impact in the Legislature itself?<\/p>\n

A bipartisan group of pro-Second-Amendment legislators would like to have a word with you about that:<\/p>\n

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This bipartisan group of legislators, most of whom have been key leaders in pushing back the Bloomberg-financed gun grab bills, are urging you not to be fooled.<\/p>\n

Now, I’ve written a bit about “Minnesota Gun Rights”, as well as “Iowa Gun Owners” and the “National Association of Gun Rights” in the past year and a half. \u00a0And I get two questions about the subject:<\/p>\n