{"id":12414,"date":"2019-12-04T22:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T22:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=12414"},"modified":"2019-12-04T22:00:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T22:00:56","slug":"the-difference-between-them-and-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=12414","title":{"rendered":"The Difference Between Them And US"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5409,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.ncgunblog.com\\\/2014\\\/07\\\/12\\\/bloomberg-buys-state-affiliate-csgv&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/ncgunblog.com\\\/2014\\\/07\\\/12\\\/bloomberg-buys-state-affiliate-csgv&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1301,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.grnc.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/grnc.org\\\/wp\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I received an email solicitation from North Carolinians Against Gun Violence (sic) yesterday. They were hoping I&#8217;d donate to them on Giving Tuesday. Of course, that was never going to happen. I&#8217;m on their email list only to see what the enemies of freedom are planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What really caught my eye was how they intended to use the money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em><strong>Contract with a lobbying firm that advocates for gun violence prevention every day at the NC General Assembly.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0They tell us when gun-related bills are on the move, so we can let you know when to call lawmakers and what to say.<br><\/li><li><em><strong>Employ a community organizer to work with volunteers state-wide<\/strong><\/em>. For the first time, we had a staff member devoted to educating, organizing, and giving free gun locks from the mountains to the coast.\u00a0<br><\/li><li><em><strong>Give volunteers more opportunities to get involved.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0In 2019, we\u2019ve worked with\u00a0supporters in key districts to meet with their lawmaker, write a letter to the editor, call other supporters to stop harmful bills, and much more!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Two of their key uses for donations are to hire a lobbyist and to employ a community organizer. These are the kinds of things that a not-really-grassroots type organization has to do. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncgunblog.com\/2014\/07\/12\/bloomberg-buys-state-affiliate-csgv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As Sean Sorrentino pointed out about NCGV<\/a> a few years ago, they are now a subsidiary of Bloomberg&#8217;s gun control empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As many of my readers know, I&#8217;ve been active with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grnc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grass Roots North Carolina <\/a>for a number of years. GRNC is the independent state-level gun rights group in North Carolina. It has no paid lobbyist, no paid community organizer, and indeed no paid anybody. We are an <strong>all volunteer<\/strong> organization that is really grass roots. Just as important, we get pro-gun bills passed and anti-gun bills killed. Our record isn&#8217;t 100 percent but we win a lot more than we lose or tie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To sum it up, they want money for employees to curtail your rights while we are a group of volunteers using donations to advance firearm freedom.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I received an email solicitation from North Carolinians Against Gun Violence (sic) yesterday. 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