First off, before we get to the heads up note, let's clarify some leftist terminology. In leftist-speak, "responsible" in terms of gun ownership means RESTRICTED until there is practically none.
For leftists, "responsible" gun laws mean:
- Guns must be locked and unloaded with ammo in separate locked cases even in the residence.
- CANNOT be used for self defense or protecting your home/property against violent attack.
- Magazine bans and restrictions.
- NO carrying, as defensive use does not even exist.
- Registration and monthly or even weekly check in requirements with government.
- NO "scary" features like flash hiders and pistol grips no matter what these features really mean or their origin in that firearm's design history.
THAT is what leftists mean whenever they say that they "support responsible gun ownership". NOW, let's get to the alert notice.
Reposted from ARF:
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Heads up: Liberal front group pretending to be a new gun rights org. It appears a California Venture capital guy and media guy, both a history of supporting/donating to only liberals, have started a “gun rights” org based in Los Angeles with either their own money or dark money donors and using it to get people to sign up for free memberships to give themselves legitimacy and to harvest names of gun rights supporters. They appear to be targeting gun shows and social media.
ARGO, Alliance for Responsible Gun Ownership, has a booth set up at the big Wanenmachers Tulsa gun show this weekend. They also left their flyers and posters all around the concessions areas. At the booth they are talking about how they are a gun rights group looking to protect the right to own guns, increase gun education for kids, etc.
They were signing people up with that pitch and membership is free. They had tons of free shirts, hats, and other swag if you signed up for the free membership. Most people just took them at their word that they are pro gun and were signing up and handing over their info.
However, if you look at their nice website they talk about being a new “moderate” gun group and if you read between the lines, they are not really pro gun. It looks like they are trying to position themselves so that when proposed laws come up, they can go in front of committees and the media and pretend to be a legitimate organization that represents that gun owners actually want these restrictive gun laws to pass.
The CEO(and I think founder) is Michael Pierce, a California venture capital guy that has a history of only donating to Obama and other democrats. The COO is Timothy Napier, who also lives in the LA area and has a history of donating to ActBlue and Biden’s campaign. They have a six figure payroll, with a crew of at least 4 people traveling to promote this(including the CEO and COO both at the Wanenmachers show), a full time social media person at $60k a year(job listing online), nice website, etc…all this after only launching a few months ago. Someone is funding this and it’s not gun right supporters.
For those at the big Tulsa show this weekend, the booth is located on the lower level of the expo center on the east wall. I think it’s technically row 18 and it’s right off the center aisle. Just a heads up for those that might be at the show on tomorrow(Sunday) and for people to keep an eye out.
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Please spread the message and try to keep as many unwary people as possible from being conned by this. At first glance, they might have looked to be just another super-Fudd "gun rights organization", but going by their leadership and their credentials, it is safe now to assume that at the very best, they may be a clandestine leftist policy-pushing organization trying to gain enough unwary followers to push through increasingly restrictive gun laws under the guise of "protecting the 2A". At the worst, they may be a honeypot/surveillance program to reel in members of the unsuspecting public so their data, gun ownership details, personal info, etc., can all be gleaned for various insidious purposes.
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For leftists, "responsible" gun laws mean:
- Guns must be locked and unloaded with ammo in separate locked cases even in the residence.
- CANNOT be used for self defense or protecting your home/property against violent attack.
- Magazine bans and restrictions.
- NO carrying, as defensive use does not even exist.
- Registration and monthly or even weekly check in requirements with government.
- NO "scary" features like flash hiders and pistol grips no matter what these features really mean or their origin in that firearm's design history.
THAT is what leftists mean whenever they say that they "support responsible gun ownership". NOW, let's get to the alert notice.
Reposted from ARF:
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Heads up: Liberal front group pretending to be a new gun rights org. It appears a California Venture capital guy and media guy, both a history of supporting/donating to only liberals, have started a “gun rights” org based in Los Angeles with either their own money or dark money donors and using it to get people to sign up for free memberships to give themselves legitimacy and to harvest names of gun rights supporters. They appear to be targeting gun shows and social media.
ARGO, Alliance for Responsible Gun Ownership, has a booth set up at the big Wanenmachers Tulsa gun show this weekend. They also left their flyers and posters all around the concessions areas. At the booth they are talking about how they are a gun rights group looking to protect the right to own guns, increase gun education for kids, etc.
They were signing people up with that pitch and membership is free. They had tons of free shirts, hats, and other swag if you signed up for the free membership. Most people just took them at their word that they are pro gun and were signing up and handing over their info.
However, if you look at their nice website they talk about being a new “moderate” gun group and if you read between the lines, they are not really pro gun. It looks like they are trying to position themselves so that when proposed laws come up, they can go in front of committees and the media and pretend to be a legitimate organization that represents that gun owners actually want these restrictive gun laws to pass.
The CEO(and I think founder) is Michael Pierce, a California venture capital guy that has a history of only donating to Obama and other democrats. The COO is Timothy Napier, who also lives in the LA area and has a history of donating to ActBlue and Biden’s campaign. They have a six figure payroll, with a crew of at least 4 people traveling to promote this(including the CEO and COO both at the Wanenmachers show), a full time social media person at $60k a year(job listing online), nice website, etc…all this after only launching a few months ago. Someone is funding this and it’s not gun right supporters.
For those at the big Tulsa show this weekend, the booth is located on the lower level of the expo center on the east wall. I think it’s technically row 18 and it’s right off the center aisle. Just a heads up for those that might be at the show on tomorrow(Sunday) and for people to keep an eye out.
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Please spread the message and try to keep as many unwary people as possible from being conned by this. At first glance, they might have looked to be just another super-Fudd "gun rights organization", but going by their leadership and their credentials, it is safe now to assume that at the very best, they may be a clandestine leftist policy-pushing organization trying to gain enough unwary followers to push through increasingly restrictive gun laws under the guise of "protecting the 2A". At the worst, they may be a honeypot/surveillance program to reel in members of the unsuspecting public so their data, gun ownership details, personal info, etc., can all be gleaned for various insidious purposes.
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