Lawdog Dago Dom Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 We have some nice neighbors just down the road. Small farm supplemented by day jobs. Very involved in shooting sports and hunting. Old school values. The wife stopped over the other day after the primary election to gab with Shortcake. Most of our pro 2A folks got in. She thanked Shortcake for helping her get registered to vote (she is also an election judge). Then she dropped the bomb: "I just turned 50 and this is the first time I voted." What???????????? Also her 30 year old son and 50 something husband have never voted. Wow. If you had to ask me to pick someone in our circle that did not vote, they would have been dead last. I still can't figure it out. All of this came out because in the last few weeks there have been numerous articles of hunters not voting. I shrugged it off as some of the sources were known to slant their topics. But then it started popping up in shooting/hunting/reloading sites (there is a link in TEAMSASS to the article in American Hunter) so it appears to be the case. And then I heard about the neighbors. Wow. So while you're at a range/match in the next few weeks, it might be a good thing to remind your pards to vote. It's one of the few things we get to do as a nation to help control our own destiny. We'll waste no time talking to others about leather, primers, etc; get them talking about doing their civic duty and voting. So VOTE should not be a four letter word. Don't let it get that way. Please vote and bring a buddy with you. Thanks. LDD 8 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 56 minutes ago, Lawdog Dago Dom said: All of this came out because in the last few weeks there have been numerous articles of hunters not voting. That's been one of my peeves about the shooting community for decades, too many would rather stand around in the LGS or at the range and whine about things rather than vote, or pay attention to upcoming legislation. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Most of my family members in Pennsylvania do not vote. 2 of my sisters and my brother did not vote until after I gave them a lecture at a family picnic. They were complaining about something going on in Congress and I gave them a piece of my mind about complaining but not voting. My other sister, I have 3, backed me up. Yesterday at my range’s .22 match we were all talking after the match and someone started talking politics. One guy says to the conversation starter “Do you vote?” To which the guy said “Yes I do.” Then everyone else acknowledged that they also vote. That’s a great message @Lawdog Dago Dom Thank you for bringing it up. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney Rocks Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 People don't seem to understand if we don't do our part to protect our rights and freedoms they will be gone before we know it. Look at Canada, the UK and Australia as prime examples. We are fortunate that our forefathers took these things into consideration, but we have been fighting for them still as long as i remember. Don't let your guard down my friends. Keep those guns a blazin. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 https://middletonma.gov/303/The-Power-of-One-Vote 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Seamus Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 I will be 73 next month. I think I missed voting three times in my life. All 3 were primaries that I either forgot about or some insignificant single issue primary or where all candidates were running unopposed. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 3 hours ago, Sixgun Seamus said: I will be 73 next month. I think I missed voting three times in my life. All 3 were primaries that I either forgot about or some insignificant single issue primary or where all candidates were running unopposed. I first voted in 1976. I skipped one off year election. Only one position, I think school board, and I was moving out of the area (Chico, California) in less than two months. I figured I didn't have a dog in the fight. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.D. Daily Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 My last year in CA, 2012, I Only voted for the propositions; because, my votes for elected office from county level through POTUS would not change the outcomes. In NV I only missed the 2016 primary. I was living in CA from 2nd week of Feb. through 1st week of Jun due to CAVG surgery and the complication of PE's plus exposure to Heparin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizPete Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 I vote. Where I live, it's been decades since I had someone/something to vote FOR. But I can for damned sure vote AGAINST for all the good it does. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 On 8/26/2024 at 7:30 AM, Sixgun Seamus said: I will be 73 next month. I think I missed voting three times in my life. All 3 were primaries that I either forgot about or some insignificant single issue primary or where all candidates were running unopposed. I couldn't vote until I turned 21...they dropped that later to 18. I only missed one vote ever after that. I was in Vietnam and my absentee ballot didn't find me until it was too late. That's okay, though. All but one of the people would have voted for got elected anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tell Sackett SASS 18436 Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 “All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing”! And you better believe the communists ALWAYS vote!! In lockstep! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORNERY OAF Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Ifn you don't vote, you sure can't complain about the outcome 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 I voted for the first time in 1971! I have never missed a time when the polls were open! Like many of you, I often find myself voting against someone or something, selecting the lesser of evils!! It is a sad situation that good, honest, intelligent people can’t be offered as candidates because the media and the political machinery will not allow them to be heard!! SO! Again this cycle, I will go to the polls with the purpose of preventing the worst case scenario from becoming reality and pray that people will rise up and fight against the evils that are waiting to take our nation down! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Plowboy Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 If you do not actively vote in an election that you’re eligible to vote in, than you most certainly are passively voting in agreement with the elections outcome. If you do not register to vote after meeting the qualifications to vote in an election, than you are passively voting in agreement with how others see fit to rule over you. This applies to any and every issue that ever comes up for a vote whether it be in politics, school boards, board of directors of any club, etc. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Prime example of voting apathy are HOA's. How else do the rules nazis get elected. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 vote , we need to offset all those non-citizens notes , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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