After 40 years, left the Great State of Arizona for the Great State of South Dakota !!! I know, I know, we did the opposite of everyone else. But have a brand new grandson in Sioux Falls, and was offered a great job opportunity in Madison.
So, being a good member of the Arizona Citizen Defense League, an organization that helped ensure Arizona was the #1 Gun Rights State 3-years running, I figured the patriotic thing to do was join the South Dakota Gun Owners organization.
Went on to the SDGO website and made my $30.00 donation, and also reached out to them via the Contact-Us section, stating I was new to South Dakota and wanted to get involved in the organization in hopes of making South Dakota the #2 Gun Rights State in the nation, rather than #31.
Welllll nothing. Zip, nada, nothing. No Thank-You Email, no confirmation that I am now a member, nothing. Nothing in the mail yet either, but maybe it's too early. OH, and get this --- the debit posting on my Bank of America account notes that payment was made to SDGO --- but it references a 970 area code as part of a contact phone number, which is for Colorado. Now granted, SDGO is based out of Rapid City, so maybe the founder is from Colorado and still has his same phone number --- just seems kinda hinky since Colorado is becoming the next Kaliforniastan --- literally.
There is also another number on the website, which is a 605 area code. I called and left a message a few days ago, but so far no returned call confirming my membership.
When you join the AZCDL in Arizona you get an instant Email confirmation, a membership card and letter in the mail, and a secret decoder ring for the nightly secret message broadcast over the radio. All kidding aside, they really are super organized and got their act together --- hence the reason Arizona leads the pack in gun rights year after year.
So, did I get jacked, or is the SDGO a good org?