NRA Board election
The NRA Board election is going on right now. Even though I am a Life Member, (reluctantly), I have never bothered to vote.
This year, I will.
First, I am doing so because a board member who is a resident of NJ actually showed up at a New Jersey Libertarian Party convention in the past. (I do not know if he did this year, I missed it and have lost track of NJLP goings on and the web site seems to have forum issues). The fact that he was actually willing to listen was all I ever wanted from the NRA. He did not say anything about endorsements or NRA support for LP candidates, which I would not expect. But the fact he was willing to at least listen and talk was refreshing. Now if he can change the antagonism the NJ state affiliate has shown towards non-Republicans, that would be a huge change. Again, not hugs, kisses and endorsements, but at least dialog.
So I am voting just to cast a vote for Scott Bach.
What to do with the other 25 votes? Well, I like a suggestion made on the New Jersey Coalition for Self Defense forum: I will vote for every candidate from a blue state, in the hope that more folks from states where gun rights are most under threat will be elected.
But that does not fill up all the votes. So I will leave the rest blank, to avoid possibly unseating someone I voted for from a blue state with someone else from a red state.