{"id":2892,"date":"2012-10-17T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2012\/10\/17\/a-suggestion\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:19:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:19:48","slug":"a-suggestion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2892","title":{"rendered":"A Suggestion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:14987,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.chicagotribune.com\\\/news\\\/politics\\\/sns-rt-us-usa-campaign-gunsbre89g08t-20121016,0,7006490.story&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.chicagotribune.com\\\/news\\\/politics\\\/sns-rt-us-usa-campaign-gunsbre89g08t-20121016,0,7006490.story&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14988,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/online.wsj.com\\\/article\\\/AP2d97878623014d9384847682c8a83384.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/online.wsj.com\\\/article\\\/AP2d97878623014d9384847682c8a83384.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14989,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.reuters.com\\\/article\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/17\\\/us-usa-campaign-guns-idUSBRE89G08T20121017&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.reuters.com\\\/article\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/17\\\/us-usa-campaign-guns-idUSBRE89G08T20121017&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14990,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/bradycampaign.org\\\/media\\\/press\\\/view\\\/1540&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.bradyunited.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14991,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.foxbusiness.com\\\/on-air\\\/varney-co\\\/index.html#\\\/v\\\/1907127061001\\\/nra-evp-obama-will-go-after-guns-if-he-wins\\\/?playlist_id=87060&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.foxbusiness.com\\\/shows\\\/varney-co&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14992,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/and-everyone-in-bubble-rejoiced.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/and-everyone-in-bubble-rejoiced.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14993,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.nrapvf.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nrapvf.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14994,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/goapvf.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/goapvf.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14995,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/grass-roots-north-carolina-candidate_6.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14996,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/isras-endorsements-for-congress-in.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>So Obama gives his endorsement &#8211; sorta, kinda, maybe &#8211; to the call for a new &#8220;assault weapons ban&#8221;. As part of a &#8220;comprehensive strategy&#8221;, he&#8217;d like to see &#8220;if we can get an assault weapons ban reintroduced.&#8221; While it isn&#8217;t a ringing endorsement, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/politics\/sns-rt-us-usa-campaign-gunsbre89g08t-20121016,0,7006490.story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media <\/a>is <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/AP2d97878623014d9384847682c8a83384.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">playing <\/a>it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2012\/10\/17\/us-usa-campaign-guns-idUSBRE89G08T20121017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that way<\/a> as are the gun prohibitionists like the <a href=\"http:\/\/bradycampaign.org\/media\/press\/view\/1540\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brady Campaign<\/a>.&nbsp; So too, in all honesty, is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/on-air\/varney-co\/index.html#\/v\/1907127061001\/nra-evp-obama-will-go-after-guns-if-he-wins\/?playlist_id=87060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the NRA.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Given that, I expect the sales of ARs and AKs to accelerate along with standard capacity magazines.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a suggestion. Rather than running out and buying your third, fourth, or fifth AR-15 and your second or third AK-47\/AK-74, why not take some of that money and make a campaign contribution or series of contributions to pro-gun rights candidates. It has the advantage of helping to elect enough pro-rights candidates which, in turn, will prevent any new AWB from even getting out of committee. Moreover, instead of having <a href=\"http:\/\/booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com\/2012\/10\/and-everyone-in-bubble-rejoiced.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to pay some ridiculously inflated price<\/a> for that next AR or AK, the market rates will remain stable or even go lower.<\/p>\n<p>The NRA-PVF <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrapvf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">list of endorsements and grades are here<\/a> and the GOA&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/goapvf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">list is here<\/a>. Many state level organizations such as <a href=\"http:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\/2012\/10\/grass-roots-north-carolina-candidate_6.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grass Roots North Carolina<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\/2012\/10\/isras-endorsements-for-congress-in.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Illinois State Rifle Association<\/a> have their grades and endorsements as well.<\/p>\n<p>The price of a box or two of decent ammo sent to the right candidate in a close race helps a lot. Be selective and be strategic. Go for the close races because it will have a stronger impact. Remember also that you aren&#8217;t limited to giving money to a local candidate. So far this year I&#8217;ve given small donations to candidates in Arizona, Michigan, Indiana, Missouri, and Ohio plus Sen. Jim DeMint&#8217;s Senate Conservatives Fund. <\/p>\n<p>If you are bound and determined to get another AR, just buy a stripped receiver for a hundred bucks or less. It is the part that has the serial number and thus is the &#8220;firearm&#8221;. You can always pick up the rest of the lower parts and a completed upper at a later date.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So Obama gives his endorsement &#8211; sorta, kinda, maybe &#8211; to the call for a new &#8220;assault weapons ban&#8221;.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[312,1483],"class_list":["post-2892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-assault-weapons-ban","tag-campaign-contributions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8451,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2892\/revisions\/8451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}