{"id":330,"date":"2018-07-11T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2018\/07\/11\/smart-move-on-goas-par\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:29:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:29:12","slug":"smart-move-on-goas-par","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=330","title":{"rendered":"Smart Move On GOA&#8217;s Part"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:7068,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/slowfacts.wordpress.com\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/23\\\/republican-party-of-texas-fires-pro-gun-activist&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/slowfacts.wordpress.com\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/23\\\/republican-party-of-texas-fires-pro-gun-activist\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7069,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/gov.texas.gov\\\/news\\\/post\\\/governor-abbott-unveils-plan-to-address-school-safety-in-texas&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;:7070,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.gunowners.org\\\/gun-owners-of-america-hires-staffer-in-austin.htm&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.gunowners.org\\\/gun-owners-of-america-hires-staffer-in-austin\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7071,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/massadayoobgroup.com\\\/classes&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/massadayoobgroup.com\\\/classes\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nMy friend and fellow co-host of the Polite Society Podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/slowfacts.wordpress.com\/2018\/06\/23\/republican-party-of-texas-fires-pro-gun-activist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rachel Malone was fired last month as Operations Manager of the Texas Republican Party<\/a>. It seems a certain elected official took offense to her criticism of his <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/news\/post\/governor-abbott-unveils-plan-to-address-school-safety-in-texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">40 point &#8220;school and firearm safety&#8221; proposals<\/a> especially since it contained a red-flag law proposal. As a result of Gov. Abbott&#8217;s complaint as conveyed by his henchman, the Texas GOP Chairman was forced to fire Rachel.<\/p>\n<p>Stupid move, Greg.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to control someone it is much better to keep them under your employ. Firing them allows that person to become a free agent and return to the grass roots firearms activism for which she is known.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Rachel-rifle-square.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"746\" data-original-width=\"746\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Rachel-rifle-square.png\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>While I&#8217;ve known it since Monday, it is now public that Rachel will be the new Texas Director for Gun Owners of America. In that role, she will lobby the Texas legislature directly on gun rights. I know Rachel&#8217;s ultimate goal is to bring constitutional carry to Texas.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunowners.org\/gun-owners-of-america-hires-staffer-in-austin.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GOA<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>Springfield, VA \u2013 Gun Owners of America (GOA) announces today the hiring of Rachel Malone as Texas Director. This signifies a new focus on GOA\u2019s advocacy within the Texas State Legislature.<\/p>\n<p>Texas is a key state for GOA\u2019s work to advance gun freedoms. Texas is known for its rich heritage of gun owners, and it deserves strong advocacy for gun rights. Knowing this, Gun Owners of America is delighted to establish a permanent presence within Texas to preserve and defend Texans\u2019 right to keep and bear arms.<\/p>\n<p>Erich Pratt, Executive Director for Gun Owners of America, stated: \u201cTexas is facing a battle, and GOA intends to be on the forefront. As the no-compromise gun lobby, GOA looks forward to working with grassroots activists all across Texas for victories in their state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thrilled that Rachel Malone is serving as Texas Director for GOA. She has a strong background of fighting for firearms freedom, connecting with grassroots, and advocating within the Texas Legislature. I am confident in her ability to represent Texas gun owners in protecting the essential freedom of the right to keep and bear arms.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;By the way, the picture above of Rachel was from the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/massadayoobgroup.com\/classes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MAG-180<\/a> held in Wisconsin where Rachel passed everything with flying colors.<\/p>\n<p>Congrats to Rachel on her new position and kudos to GOA for recognizing the gem that is Rachel in hiring her as the Texas Director.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend and fellow co-host of the Polite Society Podcast Rachel Malone was fired last month as Operations Manager&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":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[864,865,45,195,818,604,866],"class_list":["post-330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-goa","tag-gov-greg-abbott","tag-gun-control","tag-rachel-malone","tag-stupid-party","tag-texas","tag-texas-gop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330","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=330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11512,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions\/11512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}