{"id":537,"date":"2009-12-28T10:21:33","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T15:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=537"},"modified":"2009-12-28T10:21:33","modified_gmt":"2009-12-28T15:21:33","slug":"effectiveness-v-ineffectiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=537","title":{"rendered":"Effectiveness v. Ineffectiveness"},"content":{"rendered":"

My weekly e-mail from ammoland.com<\/a> brings yet another “Compromise v. No Compromise<\/a>” discussion. \u00a0These academic debates inevitably miss the point as this is the wrong question to ask. \u00a0When choosing which organizations to support, the most important question to ask is are they effective in implementing their agenda?<\/em><\/p>\n

Everyone has ideas on how to solve the world’s problems. \u00a0Very few people take the time to think about how to put those ideas into practice. \u00a0Quoting the Founding Fathers<\/a> is esoteric. \u00a0Unless an individual or group has a way of either getting sitting legislators to respect the 2nd Amendment<\/a> as the Founders intended, or replacing those incumbents with new representatives, that individual or group is just blowing smoke. \u00a0Expounding esoteric answers when the votes aren’t there to make the change does not work. \u00a0Ideas count for nothing unless there is a will and a way to practically implement them.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, these are the questions I think everyone should ask before supporting, especially financially, any organization:<\/p>\n