so i had a half an idea last night...
someone else has surely proposed this, but i figures i'd think out ouud for a minute.
there is a collective disgust for most of the gun laws out there (as there should be) and the question about what we, as gun owners, should do about them. there seems to be 3 factions; 1)can't do a thing about it, 2) write lots of letters, that'll help, and 3) start a shooting war.
we all know that starting a shooting war will only make us "terrorists" now and do little for the greater good. doing nothing will do just that, nothing. writing letters and whatnot seems to have a limited affect.
what seems to have wored on the past is simple, non-violent, civil disobedience. hell, that's how the country was founded. here is what i propose:
we draft a letter. short and to the point. simply put, we will no longer abide by federal gun legislation as the existing legislation is unconstitutional, therefore illegal. maybe a little more to it than that, but you get the picture. we post it on several sites, and those interested sign it. (the internet is an invaluable resuorce in that it can serve to get insane ammounts of information to your fingertips instantly, as well as exposing an enormous grouping of people to said information.)
there is the very real potnetial that we get thousands of signatures, possably tens of thousands. the weight of a doccument such as that, at least in my eyes, would be enormous when submitted to anyone. hell, even the president.
the anti-gun lobby pushes for more extreme measures every year, and we are content to bargain down to a lesser "charge". this is how we slowly loose our rights as a collective. we all know that we have to stop this, if not for our sake, then our kids, or grandkids.
by compiling such a doccument we affirm that we know what they are doing, we know it is illegal, and we will not comply; we draw our own "line in the sand".
there is enormous potential here i feel. the downside is, that we no longer remain nameless. the doccument will surely send up flags, and there is a very real possability that it is used by the gov't. to "research" us and our activities. some of us may even loose our right to own firearms. but i would gladly do so in order to secure the rights for future generations. besides, thousands upon thousands of signatures will demonstrate the level of knowledge, and respective discontent, of the masses. i may be dreaming here, but imagine our own personal declaration of independance showing up at the white-house with the signatures of even 5% of the gun owners. imagine the faces of whoever if they see the sheer volume of the public they are dealing with...
so my question is of course, would you sign?