To: MoveOn.org, Democratic National Committee (DNC), nancy pelosi, Harray Reid, and Barak Obama
Develop a Gun Safety Policitcal Infrastructure
This should involve:
1. Develop a plan described as gun safety, including training,
relevant checking, as much tracking as we do for auto parts,
and some requirement for an explanation of use. Publicize the
plan, showing how it will have some effect on safety, and also
how it will not effect "law abiding citizens".
2. Concretely promise to ensure safe exercise of gun rights for
reasonable usages, such as hunting, recreation and target
practice (you could even work an intelligent way to allow
people to use automatic weapons to blow things up -- I'm a
guy, I can relate to that).
Again, make the protections clear.
3. Have laws regarding public use of weapons compatible with
those of, say the early, republic -- e.g. casual carry was not
allowed in most circumstance, nor were guns allowed in certain
parts of cities, and registration was often practiced in urban
areas. Do this is called following original intent.
4. Work the issue of gun safety (and yes I chose the term
carefully) politically and hard.
Michael Blumberg's PAC actually brought down some pro NRA DINO
last cycle.
This will mean relentless repeating the hard gun rights
position, over and over again, and demanding to know if
politicians explicitly support each and every position.
Force them to choose, if they differ from the NRA, even a
little, trumpet it and publicize it.
1. Develop a plan described as gun safety, including training,
relevant checking, as much tracking as we do for auto parts,
and some requirement for an explanation of use. Publicize the
plan, showing how it will have some effect on safety, and also
how it will not effect "law abiding citizens".
2. Concretely promise to ensure safe exercise of gun rights for
reasonable usages, such as hunting, recreation and target
practice (you could even work an intelligent way to allow
people to use automatic weapons to blow things up -- I'm a
guy, I can relate to that).
Again, make the protections clear.
3. Have laws regarding public use of weapons compatible with
those of, say the early, republic -- e.g. casual carry was not
allowed in most circumstance, nor were guns allowed in certain
parts of cities, and registration was often practiced in urban
areas. Do this is called following original intent.
4. Work the issue of gun safety (and yes I chose the term
carefully) politically and hard.
Michael Blumberg's PAC actually brought down some pro NRA DINO
last cycle.
This will mean relentless repeating the hard gun rights
position, over and over again, and demanding to know if
politicians explicitly support each and every position.
Force them to choose, if they differ from the NRA, even a
little, trumpet it and publicize it.
If not, using the most unpopular of the positions (and after
picking the targets) go after them, at first low
key (politicians will know) and expect to loose at first. But
keep it up.
1. Develop a plan described as gun safety, including training,
relevant checking, as much tracking as we do for auto parts,
and some requirement for an explanation of use. Publicize the
plan, showing how it will have some effect on safety, and also
how it will not effect "law abiding citizens".
2. Concretely promise to ensure safe exercise of gun rights for
reasonable usages, such as hunting, recreation and target
practice (you could even work an intelligent way to allow
people to use automatic weapons to blow things up -- I'm a
guy, I can relate to that).
Again, make the protections clear.
3. Have laws regarding public use of weapons compatible with
those of, say the early, republic -- e.g. casual carry was not
allowed in most circumstance, nor were guns allowed in certain
parts of cities, and registration was often practiced in urban
areas. Do this is called following original intent.
4. Work the issue of gun safety (and yes I chose the term
carefully) politically and hard.
Michael Blumberg's PAC actually brought down some pro NRA DINO
last cycle.
This will mean relentless repeating the hard gun rights
position, over and over again, and demanding to know if
politicians explicitly support each and every position.
Force them to choose, if they differ from the NRA, even a
little, trumpet it and publicize it.
1. Develop a plan described as gun safety, including training,
relevant checking, as much tracking as we do for auto parts,
and some requirement for an explanation of use. Publicize the
plan, showing how it will have some effect on safety, and also
how it will not effect "law abiding citizens".
2. Concretely promise to ensure safe exercise of gun rights for
reasonable usages, such as hunting, recreation and target
practice (you could even work an intelligent way to allow
people to use automatic weapons to blow things up -- I'm a
guy, I can relate to that).
Again, make the protections clear.
3. Have laws regarding public use of weapons compatible with
those of, say the early, republic -- e.g. casual carry was not
allowed in most circumstance, nor were guns allowed in certain
parts of cities, and registration was often practiced in urban
areas. Do this is called following original intent.
4. Work the issue of gun safety (and yes I chose the term
carefully) politically and hard.
Michael Blumberg's PAC actually brought down some pro NRA DINO
last cycle.
This will mean relentless repeating the hard gun rights
position, over and over again, and demanding to know if
politicians explicitly support each and every position.
Force them to choose, if they differ from the NRA, even a
little, trumpet it and publicize it.
If not, using the most unpopular of the positions (and after
picking the targets) go after them, at first low
key (politicians will know) and expect to loose at first. But
keep it up.
Why is this important?
MoveOn.org and other progress institutions should devote resources to creating a full time political organization to advocating for Gun Safey and against organization like the NRA.