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Ruark wrote:Kory Watkins is a "professional protestor." He's involved in several movements under the guise of "fighting for our rights." He sees himself as some kind of caped superhero. Here's an example of the kind of crap that comes from him:

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Can you believe this guy... he thinks it should NOT be illegal to drive drunk.

He doesn't carry a valid driver's license - his reasoning? "I don’t ask for permission to drive a car I paid for on a road I paid for."

As far as CJ.... he's always talking about how he shouldn't have to pay for something (i.e. a CHL) that's he's allowed to do in the Constitution. What he doesn't say is that he has some kind of criminal conviction on his record, the result being that he isn't ELIGIBLE for a CHL anyway!!!

Sometimes I wish there were a way some responsible groups like TFC, TSRA, etc. could publicly discredit these people - yank the covers off, so to speak.

The thing about our side is that we typically don't air our dirty laundry. Heck, we don't even go after Dudley Brown as viciously as we could because we have standards. We do what we have to do and no more. With that said the NRA and TSRA have to play above that level even, Even when they are attacked and lied about they often brush it off and go on about their business if it's not going to cause them trouble because they are better than that.

For full disclosure CJ Grisham and I do not like each other, and that is putting things mildly. However let me say that since he has started dealing with the legislature he, and OCT, have toned things down quite a lot. I had one person even tell me that CJ Grisham posted to the closed facebook group that he thought Unlicensed Carry was dead. In fact a number of people here have made comments about the irony of CJ Grisham being the voice of reason from the OC crowd. I am uncertain if he now sees reason because he is dealing with the same people that Charles and Alice do and now understands where they were coming from, or if Stickland has him on a leash in order to get HB195 passed.

With that said: people who are upset about OC being damaged so badly since the session started need to lay the blame directly on OCTC and not OCT. The incident in Pancho Nevarez's office was caused by OCTC with their great leader Kory "pimp hat" Watkins recording the video and making many of the comments that upset so many people.

Don't get me wrong, Grisham and OCT are opposed to any OC bill other than HB195 and SB342 and given the chance I suspect they will do their best to kill any competing bill. Fortunately killing a competing bill takes time and CJ Grisham seems to be using all of his to further his two bills at this time. OCT will become a serious pain when their bills die in committee, but right now they are the least of our concerns.

The problem is that OC is Toxic right now in the legislature thanks to OCTC, Kory Watkins, and his ilk. I suspect that the legislators are afraid of supporting the bill (HB195/SB342)because they will potentially be blamed for unleashing these kinds of people on the public w/o a background check. They are afraid of supporting a licensed OC bill because they are afraid OCTC, Watkins, ect. will do something (BAD PR, possibly even illegal) in retaliation. If they do nothing they only have to deal the fall out from not getting it to a vote. In the end OCTC needs to go away and stay out of things so that progress can be made on the issue. Alternatively Kory Watkins and company could volunteer to do something high profile and in the best interest of Poncho Nevarez as a way of apologizing after asking what he wants. I would suggest Watkins and company consider moving out of state as a good start.