The Annoyed Man wrote:Cry me a river. If it's that hard, then quit. And you couldn't be further from the truth. You will find literally hundreds of posts I've written in favor of Constitutional Carry, both on this forum and on FaceBook. I just really object to you, because as your post above eminently demonstrates, you consistently ignore the facts and speak falsehoods. You make the mistake of conflating your selfish interests with the interests of OCT. IF you'd quit, I'd stop trashing the group. But unfortunately for them, YOU are their face, and that is a disaster for OCT.CJ Grisham wrote:It's okay. Since you oppose OCT, it's ok to violate rules. Admin won't bother you. Carry on.The Annoyed Man wrote:You guys oust Grisham and get people in leadership who do not have their egos wrapped up in their title, who answer questions forthrightly, who can lead a horse to water without poisoning the well, who do not casually and boastfully break the law the way Grisham did in Oklahoma, and who are consistently truthful, and who are able to see where they've made mistakes, acknowledge those mistakes and move on, and I'll begin to respect OCT. But as long as he is your titular head and inspiration, your entire organization is tainted by it because he is a seriously deficient leader and spokesperson, and I and thousands of liberty-minded Texas gun owners will never agree to having that stain added to our own characters.
It really is a matter of character. My character and reputation are important to me. Until OCT stops being led by the character-deficient, I can't have anything to do with it.
Maybe this post violates rules, and will be deleted, but hopefully it will be up long enough for you to see the REAL problem you have, and to get your organization's leadership to act on it.......or your group will ultimately die off.
As for "breaking laws," see my post to Charles. you THINK you know truth, but you don't. And, believe me, I will gladly give up the reigns and along with it the stress, the baseless attacks, etc. It takes a thick skin and a lot of self confidence to subject oneself to the kinds of attacks that the leader of pro-gun organization gets on a daily basis, especially from the so-called "gun rights" crowd. I'll admit I wasn't prepared for the friendly fire, but I've adjusted. Others should get some. But, I will never give up on our constitution and truly fighting for it. If I were wrapped up in my title, why didn't I use it in my original response? Why haven't I used it anywhere in this thread? My loyalty to my beliefs, values, and principles. Those are supportive and complementary to the Constitution. But, I'm curious. To what "character deficiency" are you referring?
Your organization literally suffers under your leadership, and I said as much to your man in Houston. I stand by that. YOU personally are the reason your organization will never be more than a smallish group of bomb-throwers. It is a shame. We need responsible activism. Because of your leadership, OCT's activism is not responsible. You don't have to like that, but it is true. Deal with it.
The very best thing that you can do for Open Carry/Constitutional Carry in Texas is to resign from leadership of OCT. Allow OCT to become mainstream instead of being a bunch of outside-the-wire bomb-throwers. Allow some of the more rational men (and women) in your organization to assume its control and direction, so that it can work with NRA/TSRA instead of against them. If you are that worn out by the slings and arrows, then quit and let someone else take up the cudgel. That is the only way OCT has a prayer of getting the "access" to the inner workings of the Texas political process valno600 spoke of in a previous post.
As far as the Oklahoma thing goes, you dodged questions, refused to answer, accused the curious of being "anti-gun" (your very tired and worn out fallback mantra). You danced around and pussyfooted around the issue because you knew you got your butt caught in the wringer with another one of your indiscretions......because you can't help yourself....and you started making up stuff to explain it. It's just so "high school".
An honest person with a valid license would have just said, "yeah, I still have active licenses from XYZ states" and been done with it. You did not......most likely because you could not, because you knew it would catch up with you if you did. So you jiggered around and made up stories about unnamed carry licenses and carrying toys.
Gimme a break.
Step down. Let OCT recover from your leadership. Stop dragging it down. Return to private life.
Couldn't agree more.
