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Texas_Blaze wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2019 9:54 pm I don’t know anyone on this board. I certainly don’t know anygunanywhere but over the years that I been on this board he doesn’t appear like keyboard Rambo fella to me at all. He strikes me as a fella that just likes liberty. Maybe he’s like me, feels betrayed by NRA and Trump with respect to firearms rules / laws. I can’t speak for him but I don’t like the in-fighting at all. It’s easy to criticize leaders. I do it. We all do it. I try to consider their pressures. I ain’t a leader of nuthin now. Not at church, not at work but I have been many years before. It’s not easy to lead. To make strategic decisions. I understand that. But from this side of things, all I see is infringing by the so-called protectors of gun rights. It is frustrating and angering. Especially since it is by people that you trusted. So, that makes the erosion, to me at least, feel much more real. I expect fights with libs and anti-gunners but when your own defenders turn on you, that feels like erosion to me. Takes a long time to build a good reputation but only a moment to destroy it. Same goes with trust.

We as humans tend to see the bad things in life and forget the good things that happen. Fer Instance:

Young people really believe that we live in the worst of time. That we are destroying the planet and are on the verge of destroying the planet. That poverty is ripping us apart and the poor get poorer. The young believe that the future is bleak and that they have come into this life at the worst of times.

The truth is the entire planet is more at peace than it has ever been. The danger of immediate nuclear devastation is probably at a 50 year low. World wide hunger is down and what we call poverty is pretty good living by historic standards. We have made some devasting diseases like Malaria and polio go away, and curing more cases of cancer every year. This generation grows up without a threat of the draft. While the planet, our air, and waterways are cleaner than they were 100 years ago. The pessimist's voice is louder and more persistent than the optimist.

Most of this so called new perceived infringing going on is not so real. We have made a lot of headway. I believe some of us are seeing an increase in the attacks on our freedoms and are interpreting these attacks as actual infringements. They don't recognize that the attacks have been pretty much unsuccessful. The reason that the attacks have become more frequent and outrageous is simply because we have been so successful.

Look at how far we have come in the past 30 Years. Try to see where we have come from and where we are headed.

Texas_Blaze wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2019 9:54 pm I don’t know anyone on this board. I certainly don’t know anygunanywhere but over the years that I been on this board he doesn’t appear like keyboard Rambo fella to me at all. He strikes me as a fella that just likes liberty. Maybe he’s like me, feels betrayed by NRA and Trump with respect to firearms rules / laws. I can’t speak for him but I don’t like the in-fighting at all. It’s easy to criticize leaders. I do it. We all do it. I try to consider their pressures. I ain’t a leader of nuthin now. Not at church, not at work but I have been many years before. It’s not easy to lead. To make strategic decisions. I understand that. But from this side of things, all I see is infringing by the so-called protectors of gun rights. It is frustrating and angering. Especially since it is by people that you trusted. So, that makes the erosion, to me at least, feel much more real. I expect fights with libs and anti-gunners but when your own defenders turn on you, that feels like erosion to me. Takes a long time to build a good reputation but only a moment to destroy it. Same goes with trust.

We as humans tend to see the bad things in life and forget the good things that happen. Fer Instance:

Young people really believe that we live in the worst of time. That we are destroying the planet and are on the verge of destroying the planet. That poverty is ripping us apart and the poor get poorer. The young believe that the future is bleak and that they have come into this life at the worst of times.

The truth is the entire planet is more at peace than it has ever been. The danger of immediate nuclear devastation is probably at a 50 year low. World wide hunger is down and what we call poverty is pretty good living by historic standards. We have made some devasting diseases like Malaria and polio go away, and curing more cases of cancer every year. This generation grows up without a threat of the draft. While the planet, our air, and waterways are cleaner than they were 100 years ago. The pessimist's voice is louder and more persistent than the optimist.

Texas_Blaze wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2019 9:54 pm I don’t know anyone on this board. I certainly don’t know anygunanywhere but over the years that I been on this board he doesn’t appear like keyboard Rambo fella to me at all. He strikes me as a fella that just likes liberty. Maybe he’s like me, feels betrayed by NRA and Trump with respect to firearms rules / laws. I can’t speak for him but I don’t like the in-fighting at all. It’s easy to criticize leaders. I do it. We all do it. I try to consider their pressures. I ain’t a leader of nuthin now. Not at church, not at work but I have been many years before. It’s not easy to lead. To make strategic decisions. I understand that. But from this side of things, all I see is infringing by the so-called protectors of gun rights. It is frustrating and angering. Especially since it is by people that you trusted. So, that makes the erosion, to me at least, feel much more real. I expect fights with libs and anti-gunners but when your own defenders turn on you, that feels like erosion to me. Takes a long time to build a good reputation but only a moment to destroy it. Same goes with trust.

We as humans tend to see the bad things in life and forget the good things that happen. Fer Instance:

Young people really believe that we live in the worst of time. That we are destroying the planet and are on the verge of destroying the planet. That poverty is ripping us apart and the poor get poorer. The young believe that the future is bleak and that they have come into this life at the worst of times.

The truth is the entire planet is more at peace than it has ever been. The danger of immediate nuclear devastation is probably at a 50 year low. World wide hunger is down and what we call poverty is pretty good living by historic standards. We have made some devasting diseases like Malaria and polio go away, and curing more cases of cancer every year. This generation grows up without a threat of the draft. While the planet, our air, and waterways are cleaner than they were 100 years ago. The pessimist's voice is louder and more persistent than the optimist.

Most of this so called new perceived infringing going on is not so real. We have made a lot of headway. I believe some of us are seeing an increase in the attacks on our freedoms and are interpreting these attacks as actual infringements. They don't recognize that the attacks have been pretty much unsuccessful. The reason that the attacks have become more frequent and outrageous is simply because we have been so successful.

Texas_Blaze wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2019 9:54 pm I don’t know anyone on this board. I certainly don’t know anygunanywhere but over the years that I been on this board he doesn’t appear like keyboard Rambo fella to me at all. He strikes me as a fella that just likes liberty. Maybe he’s like me, feels betrayed by NRA and Trump with respect to firearms rules / laws. I can’t speak for him but I don’t like the in-fighting at all. It’s easy to criticize leaders. I do it. We all do it. I try to consider their pressures. I ain’t a leader of nuthin now. Not at church, not at work but I have been many years before. It’s not easy to lead. To make strategic decisions. I understand that. But from this side of things, all I see is infringing by the so-called protectors of gun rights. It is frustrating and angering. Especially since it is by people that you trusted. So, that makes the erosion, to me at least, feel much more real. I expect fights with libs and anti-gunners but when your own defenders turn on you, that feels like erosion to me. Takes a long time to build a good reputation but only a moment to destroy it. Same goes with trust.

We as humans tend to see the bad things in life and forget the good things that happen. Fer Instance:

Young people really believe that we live in the worst of time. That we are destroying the planet and are on the verge of destroying the planet. That poverty is ripping us apart and the poor get poorer. The young believe that the future is bleak and that they have come into this life at the worst of times.

I moved to Texas in the fall of 1988. At the time I could purchase a sidearm, but it was pretty much illegal, for me to take my handgun out into the world. Today law just about respecting individual can carry in their vehicle. in 1996 the right to conceal carry was allowed with a permit. The license fee was around $140 plus 8 hours of classroom. My class cost an additional $100, The license had to be renewed every 5 years. for an additional $140. and another class. Since then the places we can carry have been increased. Renewal classes have been eliminated. Online application and renewal have made things simpler. Discounts and renewal fees have decreased. We used to have to be very prudent about concealing. Today open carry is now a thing. At one time I was required to lock up my weapon and even separate my ammo when traveling out of state. Today I can carry in about 35 states. While there, I am free to carry in some incredible national and state parks. Today I own a kewl AR15 and I didn't have to go through any legal hoops to purchase it.

I am disappointed that we haven't made progress on a few things, but if what we have is erosion, I hope we get more of it. I am concerned by some of the reports that we have heard of the NRA, but I have full confidence that if it is broken, that it will be fixed. They are staffed by some good people and a board that will do the right things.