The political attack on shooting is not just on "easily concealable handguns" like single action armies with 7 1/2" barrels, and "military assualt weapons" like Ruger 10-22s, there are sneak attacks on ANY use of lead, production of primers poisoning the environment, noise, etc, etc, etc going on beneath the radar all the time.
Have you priced primers this year? That increase was the direct result of POLITICAL pressure from antigunners who are working through the tree hugger lobby. Wait until you can't get ANY lead...what will you shoot out of your beloved Pope or Schoyen then, or will you be content to just watch it hanging on the wall (until the gun gestapo comes to take it away because it is a "potential sniper weapon" designed to shoot precisely at long distances.)
If there are no guns or no way to shoot them, we can sit around by our computers and wonder what happened, but it will be WAAAY too late by then, regardless of who is organizing matches!
Again, knowledge is strength, and if there is an informational page on this forum to keep us abreast of these things, what will it hurt? If anything inflammatory is posted, our moderator (or his designee) has the power to remove it almost immediately. If a member wishes to ignore what is going on (until the knock comes on HIS door) he may simply not click on that page.
OK, what IS the official board position? Should we bring it up at the general meeting in May, or can we contact a BofD member and ask it be put on the agenda of the next board meeting, or what? I don't think we have a precedent for this since we only entered the practice of maintaining this web site relatively recently.
Charlie Shaeff, aka Green Frog
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