Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Garnering Support

Tonight I gave a talk to the EIU Young Republicans to gather support for the upcoming Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day (IGOLD) on March 11th as well as looking to gather interest in a Eastern Chapter of the Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC).

Not the greatest picture but the speech was well received. One of the issues they were looking into was a way to conduct a trip to Springfield to speak w/ their State Senators and Representatives. I noted that IGOLD was a perfect opportunity for that along w/ being able to provide transportation. Several of the members also supported pursuing Concealed Carry legislation for Illinois. One thing I was able to do was clarify the common misperception that the FOID card is also a carry license. The newly elected president made sure to take extra liturature and cards to pass out to members who weren't at this meeting.

With some luck, I will get invited to talk to other groups on campus likely to support firearm rights as well as a few more members joining the SCCC.

Getting the word out there. One step at a time.

3 comments:

kaveman said...

Try asking people if they really want Wisconsin to pass CCW first and have the Land of Lincoln be dead last in the freedom march.

Thirdpower said...

I mentioned that even California has some form of CCW.

Mike W. said...

"One thing I was able to do was clarify the common misperception that the FOID card is also a carry license."

Whoa! There's a misconception that could get you in a heap of trouble.