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Gunscribe:
Nebraska Firearms Owners Association
THE VOICE OF NEBRASKA FIREARMS Owners

Note that does not say; Nebraska Concealed Carry Owners Association, Nebraska Pimp-Gun Owners Association or Nebraska My Way or you don’t have a Right to Carry Owners Association.

It says Firearms Owners Association! That means ALL gun owners not just the ones you approve of.

Articles of Incorporation
ARTICLES OF RESTATEMENT
The corporation is organized to: (1) protect and defend the rights of citizens of the State of Nebraska to acquire, possess, transport, carry, transfer ownership of, and enjoy the right to use arms; (2) promote public safety, law and order; (3) provide a consistent and unified voice for Nebraska firearms owners, including as it relates to firearms legislation at the state and local level; and (4) educate citizens in the State of Nebraska in the safe handling and efficient use of firearms. The Association may take all actions necessary and proper in furtherance of these purposes and objectives.

What part of defend the Right to carry and educate do you not understand? Open carry gatherings are an exceptional tool in educating the public on what should be considered by all gun owners as a non-issue.

If you have been paying attention for the last 15 years or have done some research on other states you will find that open carry is responsible for more good gun laws than bad. (Hint; Virginia & Ohio to name two)

Obviously you were not paying attention when some of us worked hard to get concealed carry passed for your ungrateful selves. At the time open carry was the only legal way and some of us did it and still do.

Now you have the audacity to call me a dope and tell me I am giving the Gun Rights Movement a bad name.

The grabbers kept telling us that we did not need a concealed carry law because open carry is legal; “Only thugs and criminals walk around with hidden guns, be a man, and strap it on your hip so everyone can see it.”

Open carry is still legal and now that some of us handed you concealed carry on a silver platter you bite the hand that feeds you.

When we open carry we are doing the very thing the grabbers told us we needed to be doing ten years ago.

When you demonize open carry you are allowing yourselves to be played for fools by the very grabbers that don’t want you to own a gun in the first place.

The more it is done the more it becomes a non-issue.

To those of you who claim to support the Constitution and our Founding Fathers here is a task for you; when you wake up tomorrow morning look yourself in the mirror ask yourself;

Would the Founding Fathers be proud of how I am representing their legacy?

Mission Statement

The mission of the Nebraska Firearms Owners Association is to provide a consistent and unified voice for Nebraska Firearms Owners.

NFOA is organized for the purpose of voicing the opinion of its membership to the Nebraska Legislature and other law making bodies within the state as well as Federal level, as it pertains to firearms. NFOA members will also make it a priority to educate residents on firearms related issues.

I am reminded of an axiom from the old west about Riding for the Brand. If you can’t ride for the brand …………

00BUCK:

--- Quote from: Gunscribe on July 30, 2014, 03:40:26 PM ---That means ALL gun owners not just the ones you approve of.

--- End quote ---
If only this organization as a whole understood and embraced that ...

bullit:
Who called you a dope? I am looking for the post.

Cdog:
I know this is a hot-button issue (to say the least), but I am not so sure the divide is as great as it seems between proponents of OC and CC. I wonder sometimes if there are some agitators in the mix who like to drive a wedge here and there when convenient. There are also times when people just say stupid things, something I'm guilty of more often than I'd like to admit.

I do agree with Gunscribe that we need to pull together and be able to recognize that the only real difference between OC and CC is personal preference, and that anything else distracts from ensuring our rights. I also agree with some of the critics of high-profile OC media coverage that these situations could probably use a bit more savvy handling to make them less of a media issue.

Reading most of the criticisms of highly publicized OC gatherings, whether they were meant to be so or not, I fail to see any real criticisms of OC as a concept - that is to say, the critics aren't criticizing the act of OC so much as the manner in which each situation was handled on the media exposure end. And then there are the go-to anti-gun people that the media has on speed-dial to counter anything that smells of gun oil. Part of the problem is also the recent glut of media coverage of anything having to do with guns and how they paint those who misuse and illegally use guns as representative of all gun owners, which brings negative attention to gun ownership that in the past was not nearly as intense.

I wonder if it would benefit to have a professionally written PR statement with some rebuttals of the boilerplate statements made by the anti-crowd. It would certainly be a good idea to have someone trained in PR and message-handling (ok, spin) be the spokesperson for the OC groups when approached by media. By presenting our message professionally with reasoned arguments, we stand a better chance of OC becoming more accepted. Having other members of an OC gathering refer any reporter's questions to the PR person would also allow a clearer and more concise delivery of the message. It may also be a good idea for PR people from NFOA and NOC (if such exist) to work together more closely - personally, I think just having a separate group for OC is divisive, since as Gunscribe says the NFOA should already be handling this aspect of gun ownership.

Gunscribe:
Really? You are not the one that started a post with the subject line "And the DOPES are at it again"?

No I am not a part of that, but I would be if I were there so yes I am one of the DOPES you referred to.

How many other NFOA members that may associate with open carry did you call DOPES.

Grabbers in Nebraska 10 years ago - We don't need a CCW law open carry is legal. just strap it on if you feel like you need one.

Grabbers in Nebraska now - You can't open carry it offends people and it is dangerous.

If CCW had not passed and lots of people started open carrying the grabbers would have lobbied to have it banned.

Now that we have CCW they want open carry banned. Once they have that they will lobby to restrict concealed carry with their usual tactics - Why do you need to carry there or here, okay you can have a gun in your home but on the street that is a menace to society.

They want a total ban on civilian ownership of guns. They accept one small step ahead, two steps back, three ahead and one back. They are in this for the long haul. If they don't get it done that is okay the next generation might. Just like Hillarycare in the 90's.

That is how liberals think and work.

Most of what you don't want to lose was hard fought victories in the last 10-15 years. If we don't fight to take back even more we will lose what we just got back.

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