Other than a bunch of talk what has the GOA done?
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WHAT HAS THE GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA DONE FOR US?
LETS SEE!
GOA Helps Push Pro-gun Coburn Amendment Over the Hump
Washington, DC - -(AmmoLand.com)- Gun owners won a long-fought victory in the U.S. Senate yesterday with the passage of an amendment to repeal the gun ban on National Park Service (NPS) and National Wildlife Refuge System land.
GOA was the driving force behind this amendment and lobbied Senators hard prior to the vote to get the provision passed. The amendment, offered by Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), passed overwhelmingly by a vote of 67-29. People can see how their Senators voted on the Coburn amendment by going to:
http://capwiz.com/gunowners/issues/votes/?votenum=188&chamber=S&congress=1111GOA Summary Re Gun Control in America
Thursday, December 20, 2007 - FreeMarketNews.com
This past year was one of the most dangerous on record. Headlines blared
what many feared would happen after the Democrats
took over the Congress: "New bill has a good chance of becoming the
first major gun control law in more than a decade."
That "new bill" is known as the Veterans Disarmament Act, and the
battle against it has been intense, as it would disarm hundreds of
thousands of military veterans who are suffering the ailments that
frequently follow combat stress.
But you should know that there was only ONE MAJOR GUN LOBBY that was
actively working to stop this legislation... ONLY ONE GROUP that has
been fighting the bill sponsored by notorious gun grabbers like Rep.
Carolyn McCarthy and Senator Chuck Schumer.
That one major lobby group is Gun Owners of America.
In April, Newsweek noted that GOA had "launched a public campaign to
block the [Veterans Disarmament Act] warning that the proposal could
'block millions of additional, honest gun owners from buying
firearms.'"
As noted by Newsweek, GOA's main weapon in this fight has been the
grassroots. Next year, GOA will continue fighting the Veterans
Disarmament Act. That's where you will find GOA... on the front lines
in the war to defend our rights.
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The GOA has email elerts you can sign up for, without being a member.
While GOA provides the ability to sign up for alerts by email even without joining their organization, I would wholeheartedly urge you to join as I have done. Their work no doubt comes with a price tag, and all of us need to be prepared to put our money where our mouth is ... particularly when it comes to protecting our freedom.
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While some gun-rights organizations have taken heat over the years for compromising, GOA proudly posts a quote from Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) on their website where he called them "The only no-compromise gun lobby in Washington."
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What has the GOA done for gun owners?........Lets see, how about
Larry Pratt on Glenn Beck show Fox News.
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Gun Owners of America Political Victory Fund is the political action arm of Gun Owners of America. GOA-PVF raises funds to support the election of pro-gun candidates.
Ron Paul had this to say about the GOA
"The anti-gun provisions in S. 397 would probably be stripped out in the House if all the gun groups were working together with GOA." -- Rep. Ron Paul, Sept. 15, 2005
Rep. Ron Paul is totally correct. Working united, we could have encouraged the House leadership to bring up a CLEAN bill.
H.R. 800, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, garnered well over 250 cosponsors and would have passed the House easily if the leadership had brought up this bill rather than its Senate counterpart, S. 397.
Unfortunately, GOA was the ONLY national group calling for the passage of the clean House bill instead of the Senate bill, which contained new gun control. SDGO and several other no-compromise state level groups joined with them.
I think everyone on the forum knows Ron Paul is a good friend to the gun owner, but in his last congressional run in Texas, the biggest gun lobby in the country gave a higher rating to his DEMOCRAT opponent.
Now I know the GOA is not the only national gun lobby working their as-e's off for us, but look what they are accomplishing with only 300,000 members. Bigger is not always better! it would appear.
