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Mr. Grisham and valno600,

Thank you for joining our forum and expressing your opinions on these issues. I understand that it can be hard to join a forum that you do not feel welcome in and where you may have been attacked in the past or attacked when you post.

Charles,

Thank you for allowing Mr. Grisham and valno600 to remain a member and post in this thread. I know it is also hard to allow a person in who has attacked you in the past and may attack you in the new posts.

An open discussion between people of opposing viewpoints can only be educational. In addition to providing some clarification on the points of the subject matter, it allows us to make personal judgments on the people involved. In this case, I need to judge Mr. Grisham, Mr. Cotton, and the three organizations. My personal bias in the past has been toward some support of the NRA and full support of the TSRA. I have disagreed with both in the past on some items. When I first saw the open carry demonstrations, I felt that they were a good thing for us as gun owners. I have since been convinced, based on the actions of a few people participating in them and on the large scale media reporting on them, that the demonstrations were not working for our cause as well as I had believed in the past (and you can find my posts on this board where I took the positions and showed why I changed). I do not always agree with the TSRA though I have never worked against anything they proposed, just remaining neutral on a few issues. I have disagreed with the NRA much more than I have TSRA, though with the same thoughts in general.

As I have said before on this board, my end goal is the total repeal of Penal Code Chapter 46, the GCA of 1968 and the NFA of 1934. Based on what I have seen so far, I will continue to work with the TSRA and the NRA on my goals. There are many other organizations working towards my goals, such as OCT, SAF, and JFPO. I am not putting any organization down, but I have to admit that the TSRA is the most successful lobbyist for my firearm rights in Texas and the NRA is the same at the national level. I certainly hope we can cut out the in-fighting and work together, but until that happens, I am going with the NRA and TSRA.