Ms. Sposato,
I had planned on using H&R Block to file my taxes this year strictly because of the agreement with the NRA.  I had an appointment at 0900 this morning at the office on Johnny Mercer Boulevard in the Savannah, Georgia area.  Last night, I read on an anti-constitution website http://www.gunindustrywatch.org/index.cfm?C=1 that Block had caved in to threats by this and other origanizations and is breaking the deal with the NRA.  I called this morning and cancelled my appointment.   Here is a quote from the website.

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Due to the many e-mails, phone calls, letters and planned protests that Gun Industry Watch, Million Mom March united with the Brady Campaign, and the Mid-Atlantic Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence received, news came over the weekend that H&R Block is working to sever ties with the NRA. While we wait for final confirmation of this, we ask that you put plans for the March 16th protests on hold.

Your hard work and dedication has brought us to the brink of a tremendous victory. Because of you, the NRA will have fewer dollars to promote its extremist agenda. It's a win worth shouting from the rooftops! Once we are able to verify that H&R Block has terminated its contract with the NRA, we will let you know and we will then work with you to get the word out about our success.

Congratulations on your great work! You have shown the power of grassroots activism. We will be in touch soon. "



Personally, I am tired of being called extremeist by people like this, who are the epitomy of extremeism, and of companies caving in to this politically correct nonsense.  I and many other gun owners, NRA members and non-members alike, are now aware of this rescinding of the agreement by Block.  There are over 80 million gun owners in this country and we are spreading the word of your company's giving in to these meaningless threats.  I am sure we can have more financial impact on your company that these other folks who don't seem to have anything better to do than to try to control other people's lives.  They are not grassroots organizations, as they have the backing of many politicians, wealthy businessmen, and celebrities.  We, the gun owners of this country, are the grassroots and we can weild considerably more clout than can most of those folks who probably never use Block anyway.  Besides, most gun owners are hard working people who do file taxes as opposed to many members of these anti-constitution groups who don't hold real jobs.

If my information is incorrect and this website is lying, please inform me and I will reinstitute my appointment and use Block as will many others.

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Hey guys-

Let me understand what's going on here.

NUTSHELL: One of our number went to a ranting-liberal-whacko favorite website and found that they're reporting thet they've won a victory by "helping the cause of severing the tie between the NRA and H&R Block". So, now we're automatically believing what those nuts put on their website, without any sort of verification?

[size=4]DO WE WANT TO ALIENATE A POTENTIALLY SOLID ALLY BY SHOOTING OFF E-MAILS telling H&R Block how disappointed we are in them, based on what gunindustrywatch.com tells us? I guess we all believe everything the Evening news tells us, too.[/size=4]

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I guess something really positive will come out of us who acting in the same reactionary way that those stinkin' anti's do.
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Don't send them a negative e-mail...that's too easy to do, and too hard to take back when/if the truth comes out that they are on our side.

INSTEAD, send them a letter praising them for their efforts to side with us, even in the face of adversity. Ask them for continued support. You'll ALWAYS catch more flies with honey than vinegar.

Let's stop, think, and verify before we go off half cocked!(pun absolutely intended).

[b]RHETORICAL QUESTION TIME: Who would you believe more...[/b]
gunindustry watch.com: [url]http://www.gunindustrywatch.org/index.cfm?C=1[/url]

or the NRA, who still has this on their website?
[url]http://www.nra.org/display_content/show_content.cfm?mod_id=51&id=2356[/url]

DO YOU THINK THAT THEY WOULD STILL HAVE THIS ON THEIR WEBSITE IF THE RELATIONSHIP WAS IN JEOPARDY (regardless of your thoughts of the NRA)?

Hey newbie, read my e-mail to Ms. Sposato. I asked her to verify if this was true or not. I also followed up with a phone call giving her my return number to again verify if this is true or not. And yes, it could still be up on the NRA website even if it is true. I think highly of the NRA and I am a member.

IOW, don't use the NRA's website as the final authority on H&R Block's current stance.

I urge you NOT to drop your relationship with the National Rifle Association.  The website

http://www.gunindustrywatch.org/index.cfm?C=1  

is reporting that you are considering severing ties with the NRA.  That would be a serious mistake.  The NRA is one of the bedrock organizations of theis country.  The anti's are like whining gnats, circling around America's ears, contributing nothing.

Sincerely,
Norm Glitz