And your proposed alternative to the NRA is.....? Perhaps you can do it all yourself. Just a few emails here and there should do the trick.

People actually can refuse to recognize gay marriage, just as a whole bunch of people refuse to recognize civil rights or integration or freedom from religion. They just sort of live in denial. Things like this involve a societal progression toward civilization and freedom and liberty for all.........

It's only one of about twenty committees. What about Transportation and Public Safety? There will be more to come. It's a long session.

Minnesotapoker you sound like my long lost brother. Pretty much my story. One of the advantages of age is to see the gradual erosion of rights in this society. Some may remember a time in Minnesota when students would take their rifles to school for after class gun safety courses. The norm with the ...

As if we can't understand your sekrit code words... "We know what you mean" is an excellent way to shut down the opposition merely by depriving them of the opportunity to use common phrases to explain their position. I don't hear the term "states rights" much anymore in regard t...

Where in the original post is there any mention of gay marriage. If, perhaps, you mean "lifestyle tolerant", it is only what you read into it filtered through your view of the world. Do what you want, don't expect me to endorse it, and don't hurt anybody else. This applies to all things.

George is right on the money. I grew up and spent a great deal of my adult life in Northfield. A town dominated by two colleges. I've watched the evolution of the mindset of these folks. It started with good intentions. Accepting a diversity of views and with a general tolerance for individual diffe...

If it's upsetting that I posted what amounts to a call to my former party, the Democrats, to repudiate these fringe characters, so be it. You should be less concerned about convincing the unconvinced and more concerned with getting gun owners off their butts. If however, you need to persuade those o...

The Republican party has it's share of haters too. However it seems they are quickly denounced and thrown out. Not so with these representatives. As an old guy, I seem to have moved gradually toward a Libertarian view. Do what you want, don't ask me to approve of it and don't harm others while doing...

There is far more at stake here than many realize. I have been a supporter of the Second Amendment not only because of my ownership of guns, but also because of the light that this issue sheds on the mindset of our opponents. The authors of these bills, Hausman, Hornstein and the rest dislike guns, ...