Here's a TED talk about effective communication with politicians. He suggests writing (yes handwritten on paper delivered with a stamp) once a month and provides a pretty decent template. http://blog.ted.com/2010/04/23/making_politica/ emails give the intern an easy way to bin the consti...

Could start a recall petition on Franken and have him removed early... Probably not worth the effort, because by the time it's accomplished you maybe get him out a year early, and likely not before any gun control vote so the damage will have been done. Plus voters don't tend to support recalls unl...

Yeah keep an eye out. I've had one in my cart 3 times in the past two weeks, but then always talk myself out of another build.

But a man's got to have principles. Don't pay scalpers. Plus - with phones and the internet - searching for ammo is a negligible cost. The value of your time is also negligible unless you are skipping out on work or ignoring clients to do it. Most are probably just sacrificing TV time for ammo time.

Lurking for a while and joined in early Dec, but finally got motivated to participate by the recent legislative proposals. Started IDPA last fall with the Minnetonka club and am excited for the season to start in the spring. Live in Richfield and work in St Paul.