Hunting Forum

Hey Gang,

First off, I'm a WA state resident and can't express my support enough for you and what you're dealing with.  I don't think any of us ever imagined insanity like this would be possible, and this could be just the beginning of a huge fight.
What's really scary to me is how quickly and easily they pushed this through.  Proposed bills of a similar nature are now coming up here, too.  It looks like they're unlikely to get off the ground, though.

I assume you're all writing your state legislators and U.S. congressional reps, as that's our first line of defense to help stop or slow this movement down. 
I'm certainly doing so from my corner of the country, and adamantly encouraging/helping others to do the same.  Unfortunately, my efforts will do nothing for your situation in NY state.  I certainly plan to go down swinging, though.

If any of you are interested, here are links to a Q&A meeting in western NY with state reps on the bill.  I'm sure many of you have already seen or heard about this, but you never know.

This one is edited to 4 minutes and has annoying background music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTdh...TdhVxva5KU

This one is the full length 33 minute version, with no background music so you can hear the speakers better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol1S...l1SzjHPFGw

I admire your fight from afar, guys.  I hope you keep it up along with the rest of us.

Good luck,
Steve

Great points, guys.

I hear what you're talking about with your ultra-liberal reps.  We're the same way here, as the libs in the big, populated cities like Seattle & Tacoma cancel out the mostly conservative votes in the rest of the otherwise rural state.

None of my democratic/liberal state legislative or US congressional representatives got my vote, but I'm still writing to them along with many other gun rights supporters here.  If interested, you can check out our thread on the WA forum.
The only thing that might help is for all of us across the country to keep the pressure on, and show them there may be enough of us out there to vote their sorry butts out if they keep crap like this up.

I just keep reminding everyone I know to write and help them find out who to write and how.  Since no one has taken a swing at me or asked me to stop yet, I'll just keep persisting.  Actually a lot of friends ask me to keep reminding them, as a lot of people seem to find it difficult to sit down and do.
Even if it gets one letter gets written or someone passes my messages on to someone who does, it'll be worth the effort.

If anything develops on your situation there, I hope you'll post it here or on the WA forum.  You guys would be a much better sounce than what I stumble across on the internet, TV or radio here.  Then again, Sean Hannity is a NY resident and would probably talk about it.  While not my favorite conservative host, I do watch & listen to him at least somewhat daily.

Anyway, I hope this nightmare ends sooner than later for you guys.