Tonight on ABC Nightline news!

[DaveH]

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/open...ry?id=11313221

Pro-Gun Grassroots Groups Taking the Lead in Gun Rights Fight

Homespun Organizations Are Leaving the NRA Behind When Pushing for Broader Gun Laws

W/ Video

[DefensiveCarry.com]

[ctsketch]

As the NRA is vilified and also proves it caves in often, people will separate themselves from it and the antis will no longer have a single organization to center on and vilify.

[Tally XD]

I saw this last night and it was pretty good and very interesting. What I got out of it was the fact that we the people are no longer sitting back and letting groups like the NRA speak for us and to take action for us but rather we are making a lot of noise on our own and getting noticed.

[DaveH]

From a VA-ALERT.

[Re-posted with prior approval of VCDL]

[First person singular pronouns (I, my, mine, etc) and “PVC” reference Philip Van Cleave, President VCDL]

Here is a link to the Nightline show last night that dealt with the growing power of grassroots gun rights groups like VCDL.

Overall it was a very good piece. The glaring problem was that someone watching the story might get the impression that gun rights groups had pressured Starbucks into allowing carry on their premises.

Nothing could be further from the truth. Starbucks had never objected to someone carrying *legally* on their property. No pressure from gun owners was even necessary.

It was the anti-gun groups, like the Brady Campaign, that had wet their pants and tried to pressure Starbucks into denying service to gun owners. They had protests, petitions, press releases, threats of boycotts, etc. aimed at Starbucks.
Groups like VCDL stayed out of that mess, honoring Starbucks' request to be kept out of the middle of the pro-gun/anti-gun debate. Disrespectfully, the antis only increased their efforts.

In the end, Starbucks kept their policy of allowing lawful carry and they had record profits to show for that decision! Many gun owners are still going out of their way to patronize Starbucks.

Thanks to Bob Culver for the link:

http://tinyurl.com/2em5bxk
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[GM]

Good article. Hopefully it will be more like them.