TGO as a Political Organization

[Marswolf]

I think you are right Macho. We probably need to begin a as social thing and see where it heads from there.

Here's the info on the TFA meeting in Morristown:

The March meeting of the Tennessee Firearms Association Lakeway Chapter will be held on Tuesday evening, the 20th of March, 2007

Our guest speaker will be Senior Special Agent John Witsell from the East Tennessee office Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency and present an overview of ICE’s mission and duties.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

***Our new meeting place is the Shoneys Family Restaurant at 1933 West Andrew Johnson Highway (Hwy 11E), Morristown TN. *** This restaurant is located 1/2 block east of the West Andrew Johnson highway (Hwy 11E) and Morris Blvd intersection, more or less across from the Home Depot. There is a large, highly visible sign in front along with plenty of parking space. A pre-meeting social hour is from 6 PM to 7 PM during which you may want to eat dinner. The meeting will begin promptly at 7 PM and end at 8 PM. Opportunity will be given to ask questions related to the topic.

Membership is not required - gun owners, 2nd Amendment supporters, and interested public are urged to attend. For more information contact Bill Kaylor 423 586 9121/email w9dsm@charter.net or Tim Nunan 423-586-8459/email bentcreek@outdrs.net.

_________________

Tim Nunan

TFA/NRA Lifemember

[Guest macho999]

Are you going down there? I get back from KY to the Gap around 5pm. Mo-town is 30-45 minutes but maybe longer with 5pm traffic and all that construction between here and there.

Let me know something, that's a good little trip for you. What is it about 2 hours?

[Marswolf]

Are you going down there?

Probably not. It's a bit more than an hour drive each way for me Mostly Interstate. It's the drive across town that's a pain. I've met Witsell and know what ICE does (and often doesn't do ).

[molonlabetn]

The closest I'll get to come, is Knoxville during the 1st/2nd full weekend in April... but that's the wrong date, and the wrong city.

Oh well.

[Guest jackdog]

Yeah they seem to be real patriotic to Mexico as of late.

But I agree that we should support the bill of rights in total.

That's one of the things that really amazes me that people dont understand that if the government or a group is allowed to attack the 2nd ammendment then there is nothing to stop them from attacking all of them.

Lets see, we now have free speech zones

and the patriot Act is pure B.S.

To put it mildly, I love my counrty, but hate my government.

Jackdog

[Guest jackdog]

So far I've heard some pretty good thoughts on this.

Saints I kinda like Tennessee Civil Liberties Group as a name. But if at some point we do go political with this idea, maybe having gun in the name can have some positives. Hey, should we be ashamed of who we are what we like to do and what we believe in. Besides As far as I'm concerned thats one of the major problems with this counrty. Everyone bends over back wards to be politically correct. Another thought is this. TGO is a great group and it's expanding pretty fast, new members all the time. Now not everyone will want to participate in this idea, but some will and you never know who will be in the new membership or what they bring to the table. Just an old fart thinking out loud.

Jackdog

[Guest jackdog]

last one for a while. Count me in this thing

Jackdog

[Guest jackdog]

Lets give the rest of the group a chance to publish thier thoughts. After that I think we form a commitee to sit down and discuss our goals. then publish what we think we should do, and let the other members weigh in on it. Mars really glad you started this thread

Jackdog

[Guest Len]

Count me in.

Jackdog seems like a guy after my own heart:

But I agree that we should support the bill of rights in total.

That's one of the things that really amazes me that people dont understand that if the government or a group is allowed to attack the 2nd ammendment then there is nothing to stop them from attacking all of them.

Lets see, we now have free speech zones

and the patriot Act is pure B.S.

A committee to jump start things is probably a good way to start once a decision is made. I'm glad to help. I have always been impressed with the comraderie (I seriously doubt that is spelled correctly...) of people in our sport/hobby/industry. Anything that builds on that is a good thing IMHO.

-Len

[Marswolf]

I have always been impressed with the comraderie (I seriously doubt that is spelled correctly...)

[/i]

You are correct - you are wrong.

Firefox has a built in spell checker, so you aren't using that. For IE, there is a good free spell checker at http://www.iespell.com/. Since I use both browsers, I use both spull chunkers.

We now return you to the topic....

[Guest db99wj]

You are correct - you are wrong.

Firefox has a built in spell checker, so you aren't using that. For IE, there is a good free spell checker at http://www.iespell.com/. Since I use both browsers, I use both spull chunkers.

We now return you to the topic....

If you have the Google toolbar it has a spell checker as well.

[Guest Len]

Thanks guys. Iespell now installed and running.

(The proper spelling is "camaraderie.")

[RandyC]

Personally I'm not big on joining groups, paying dues, secret handshakes or whatever.

Our potential for rapid growth lies within this open forum of like minded individuals. Power is in the numbers. A big rowdy bunch of irregulars flooding our politicians with e-mails and phone calls will, I believe, do more good than a small group with a pretty letterhead.

Sure we can get together, organize shoots, whatever we want. We can call the TFA and say, "Hey, you want some big numbers backing you up on such and such legislation? Come to the forum and state your case. We'll help you flood those legislators."

No meetings, no branch offices. Our meetings are here, every day, and everyone who wants can attend.

There had been some very good ideas expressed but when it comes to influencing our representatives for change I think bigger is better.