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Done and posted to FB.

Done, Thanks!

I push submit and nothing happens. hmmm

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Switch from Safari to Firefox and it worked just fine. Very odd.

Thank you!

Your message for "Gun Owner Call to Action" was sent on 01/12/2013 23:44 PM to the following recipients: Van Taylor (R-TX), Florence Shapiro (R-TX), Ken Paxton (R-TX), Rick Perry (R-TX), David Dewhurst (R-TX), Greg Abbott (R-TX), Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX), President Barack Obama, Vice President Joseph Biden, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)

Thank you for taking action on this important issue.

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Great Link!

Sent mine.

Thanks Ive been typing my own letters daily and frankly im running out of things to say in a polite manner.

Thanks for posting this. I've shared it on FB and seen a great response.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this approach sounds like another form of chain letter and will after being seen repeatedly, have little impact because as the title states it's "Easy". For that reason it may not be very well regarded.

Or, yes, it's a type of chain letter, but it's still effective, well then, o.k.

If it works, it works, but I've never been a fan of any kind of chain letter.

And, I too have misgivings about providing personal information or the alternative of providing mis-information (cough, cough) doesn't sit well with me either...

Maybe, I'm just the odd man out...

Abraham wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but this approach sounds like another form of chain letter and will after being seen repeatedly, have little impact because as the title states it's "Easy". For that reason it may not be very well regarded.

Or, yes, it's a type of chain letter, but it's still effective, well then, o.k.

If it works, it works, but I've never been a fan of any kind of chain letter.

No one is saying we shouldn't still use other methods to try to influence our congress critters. We should be using every method at our disposal. Emails, snail mail, phone calls, in person visits, etc. Heck, if you have the time and know-how, send up smoke signals! But when a politician receives 1,000s or 10s of thousands of letters that all say the same thing, even they have to pay attention. Combine that with other forms of communication and we might, just might, get action on this issue.

Abraham wrote:And, I too have misgivings about providing personal information or the alternative of providing mis-information (cough, cough) doesn't sit well with me either...

Maybe, I'm just the odd man out...

I thought about that for a second and then realized that, for me, it doesn't matter. And it probably doesn't matter for you either. If you have ever bought a gun from an FFL, you have filled out form 4473. All the BATFE has to do is have all FFLs send in the forms, scan them into a database, and there's your name. No, it doesn't necessarily mean that you actually bought a gun, but it gives them a place to start. I'm sure there are other ways that we've gotten on someone's list as well.

ACLU.org has used this exact same method for years on various issues.
They used to allow you to edit their form letter, so I'd edit it to the opposite of what they wanted, and they'd send it
Then they stopped allowing you to edit their form letters

http://www.aclu.org/action-center" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

RPB wrote:ACLU.org has used this exact same method for years on various issues.
They used to allow you to edit their form letter, so I'd edit it to the opposite of what they wanted, and they'd send it
Then they stopped allowing you to edit their form letters

You are so

RPB,

In general, your opinion on this rote style communication is...?

Abraham wrote:RPB,

In general, your opinion on this rote style communication is...?

It keeps the Assistants in the Legislative offices busy and they tell the legislators "we're getting tons of responses to ... or to not ...
Legislators don't read them; out of State anti-campus-carry anti-gun people sent tons to Tex Leg about campus carry using similar tools in 2011 ... do we have campus carry?
IIRC, the tool in 2011 came from an New York or DC organization, possibly CSGV or Andy Pelosi's New York KeepGunsOffCampus

My opinion of it doesn't matter, it's a tool; one of many.
I wrote individual E-mails and faxes in 2011 ... but mine got lost in their flood of automated ones.
We really got outnumbered with their automated things like this; we don't have campus carry yet...it must have value; the aclu.org still uses it after all these years.

Abraham wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but this approach sounds like another form of chain letter and will after being seen repeatedly, have little impact because as the title states it's "Easy". For that reason it may not be very well regarded.

Or, yes, it's a type of chain letter, but it's still effective, well then, o.k.

If it works, it works, but I've never been a fan of any kind of chain letter.

When it comes to mass feedback in politics, these letters have the primary value of having a name and address of one of their constituent voters. No-one actually reads them, they are simply being counted up as so many YES and NO votes. We want to overwhelm the anti-gun votes.

Your message for "Gun Owner Call to Action" was sent on 01/13/2013 16:12 PM to the following recipients: Tan Parker (R-TX), Jane Nelson (R-TX), Rick Perry (R-TX), David Dewhurst (R-TX), Greg Abbott (R-TX), Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX), President Barack Obama, Vice President Joseph Biden, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)

Thank you for taking action on this important issue.

I couldn't help but notice, except for the first two names, "R" follows everyone. Yup, I'm in a good place.