Don't get me wrong on this, but while I share in the sentiment, I don't think that lobbying your legislators through the N.R.A. nor the G.O.A. is the way to go.
Better results would be to contact your legislator with a personal message IN WRITING AND GIVING PREFERENCE TO THE OLD SNAIL MAIL APPROACH.
This would be followed up with a phone call to your legislator's office. And when you make the call, ask for the person who tracks that legislation and briefs your Senator / Congressman in that area. Not all the office flunkies know about legislation - and worse don't give a rat's rear end about what is about to become law or your personal viewpoint. So, you have to make sure you're talking to the right person.
In order to multiply your effectiveness, you can create a separate identity and send your legislators e - mails through a fictitious name. To their staff you become two different people... and each person has an effect on how a legislator stands on any issue. The left does this quite well. That's why you live in the real world and wonder how a politician can support a piece of legislation that is out of sync with over 60 percent of his / her constitutency. The letters and e mails of activists trump most other data a politician gets - unless it's a really big piece of legislation. And the fact is, gun control is small potatoes. The so - called "Minutemen" proved that by endorsing background checks and National Gun Registration while avoiding any debate within the faction of the "patriot movement" which supports them.
BTW, if you don't know who your state and federal elected officials are, contact your local library and ask for the reference desk. They will give you all their names, addresses, phone numbers, e mail, fax, etc. for free. Don't expect some non profit organization to represent you. Only you know how you feel. And a form letter to your elected official cannot convey that sentiment. |
