I can smell it too. I was just posting the response I received. I hope there are more people out there contacting their legislators. A handful of emails/phone calls/letters is easy to write off, but when 30 or 40 looks like the tip of an iceberg is a different story...
Then responses like the one I got may actually at least come with an explanation of how they would word it so that they could support it, whether I agree or not.
Many people claim to feel strongly about issues like this. Many people post that they wont be happy until they see a certain result.
How many of you actually spend the 5-10 minutes it takes to write an elected official?
I am guessing 99.9% of people on this board feel that owning an assault rifle is a right that should not be infringed. I am also guessing 95% or more of the people here feel that shall issue, or something very close to it, should be the law of the land. However, if I was a betting man and had a way to prove it, I would bet that a much smaller percent of the people who visit this hometown forum (probably less than 25%) actually take the time to make a stink when issues like this surface. I say this knowing full well that I am posting it on a gun-related website, where the support is probably at its greatest.
I may be cynical, but it is my perception that Americans in general are lazy bastards who will take the path of least resistance. I also feel that if we let shit like this pass without a fight then we deserve exactly what we get.
We have a sense of entitlement that makes us so damn lazy that it effects everything from our education to our welfare programs. Although we feel entitled to bitch, there are very few people who actually try to do something about it. For example, what was the turnout at your last local election? I am not talking about Kerry -vs- Bush, I am talking about that bond issue or school board election that happened last November.
Do you deserve to have what you consider to be a right?