imported post
Doug Huffman wrote:
hp-hobo wrote:
Mike wrote:
I requested that these "car posters" be made for each of the 4 states where there is an open carry rights restoration campaign underway. The "money" is the cost of each poster going to the professional firm in Texas that makes them - they made the Texas car posters for the cabs in Austion andI asked them to make posters for all states.
The quoted prices are not the"cost" of the poster, they are the retail price. "Cost" for something of that nature is well under $50, as quoted by two friends of mine who own printing shops. That means someone is making a good profit in the name of "supporting a cause". Hence the phrase, lining their pockets.
Side note. Are these items supposed to be advertising the open carry petitions of the various states, or are they an advertisment for OCDO? I think the size and color of the letters pretty much answersthat question. Will OCDO be subsidising the purchase price?
Thought not.
South Carolina is still firmly in the grip of the NRA, as is this poster. The NRA anywhere and in SC cannot allow unregulated open carry to become law. Without the infringement of 'regulation' of the 2A then the NRA's sale of dispensations from these infringing regulations is obviated. Sale of dispensations from 2A infringements is the NRA's stock in trade.
You are absolutely right, someone is lining their pockets; the printer. How evil he is. He should sell them for what it cost him to make them. Then there is the company that he buys the material from, too. More evil profiteers. These companies should sell the materials to the printer for what it cost them to produce. And what about the evil companies that the material producers get their materials from. There's ink, the plastic sheets, glue. Dang all these evil corporations.
I cut the deal for the cab ads in Austin, Tx. I assure you that Mike and John are notusing any of the money anyone would pay for these posters to enhance their bank account. It all goes to the printer. The printer is in business to make money. He is not, nor has heever claimed to support this cause, so no one is"making a good profitin the name of supporting a cause".
These posters are for advertising the petition and OCDO. The more people that sign up at OCDO, the more soldiers we have to fight the cause. It will take a lot of time to get this done. Mike and John (the entire staff at OCDO)can't do it alone. And why should they do it alone, or at all for that matter. They both live in Virginia where open carry is legal. What do they have to gain? Very little IMHO. They spend the time and the money to keep this forum going and I, for one, appreciate it. They also donate generously to the upkeep of the billboards and cab ads.
We have a drive here in Texas that includes members writing letters, making phone calls, going to see legislators, printing fliers (the cost of which is paid by the member that had them printed), etc., etc., etc. All this takes time and money that Mike and John can’t and should not spend.
I guess Texans have a different point of view than some of the fine folks of South Carolina. You see, we realize that some years ago the citizens of Texas took their eye off the ball and allowed our 2A rights to go down the toilet. We also realize now as modern day citizens of Texas, we have to fight to regain those rights. I don’t recall Col. Travis or Gen. Houston ever asking anyone to fight the battle of the Goliad, the Alamo, or San Jacinto while they took a Starbuck’s break. Nor do I recall any of the signers of the Declaration of Independence asking someone else to pledge their lives, fortunes, or sacred honor (see the last line of said document) to have a free and self ruled country.
My point is, if you want open carry to come back to South Carolina, get off your butt and do what you need to do to get it done. Get into your pocket a little bit, do some legwork. If you don’t, then join the NRA so you can help fight it. If you can get your buddy to print them any cheaper, I’m positive that Mike and John will not care (you’ll have to ask them of course).
In conclusion my South Carolina brother in arms:
THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH