It’s that time of year again, when the NRA elects its Board of Directors. In case you don’t know, the NRA board is made up of 76 members: 75 on three year terms and 1 on a special one year term. Of the 75, 25 are elected each year. The 26th person in voting is usually appointed to the one year term.

If you are a NRA Life Member or have been a yearly Member for five years or more, your monthly magazine for March comes with a ballot, that is due to the NRA by April 14.

There is the usual plate of nominees this year, 29 in fact. Yes, there are some great voices for the Second Amendment on there, but there are some lacking that I would like to see run for the Board in 2014. Michael Bane and Tom Gresham come to mind, and I’m sure there are others.

While I’m not sure it’s time for another revolt like in 1977, but we should look to get more of the younger, up and coming voices in there.

Who knows. Maybe Mr. Colion Noir?

Thoughts?

Since the hoopla about the child welfare workers and police responding to the Facebook posting of a kid in New Jersey, I’ve wondered how they would have responded to this:

 

Or this:

Or . . .

 

I guess some places are different.

 

Kudos to Tom Gresham at Gun Talk, for linking to a form for sending messages to the Colorado Tourism Office.

Here is what I sent:

Because of recent legislation your state has enacted, essentially banning all ammunition magazines for guns, I will no longer consider visiting your state for vacations, and I will seriously consider turning down business there.

Please let your legislators and governor know that passing onerous laws that have no effect on personal safety does have an effect on your state’s tourism income.

Yours,
T*******
Kennesaw, GA