NRA SoCal "mini convention 26 July: kick up the fight a notch. Door prizes! | Thread profile

Perhaps some of you know about the NRA "Calif. Member's Council" 2008 conference Saturday, JULY 26 , at the Anaheim Marriott Suites in Garden Grove, California. http://www.calnra.com/conference08.shtml This is gonna be a kind of "mini convention", featuring rockstar ultra pro-gunner Directors Joel Friedman, Manny Fernandez and Tom Gaines - along with CA State Liason ("our man in the Capitol...

Thanks Bill. I'll be there. I've been volunteering for the last year or so with the NRA Members Council of Greater San Diego. Great group of folks and it's been a good way to join forces and get more involved instead of sitting around being mad all the time! Its too bad CA is the only state with a Members Council system.

Joe, Look forward to meeting you there. This is a pretty serious meeting since California now is the cauldron for several pushback legal strategies. The NRA's CA lawyers will be there discussing our efforts/targets in rolling back CA's gun silliness and kicking butt. Some late news I've received about CA's Nordyke gunshow case may have national ramiifications... Bill Wiese...

Garbage grove is close to my work, and saturday morning is the beginning of my weekend, so I'll see y'all there.

Bill, You're younger than I thought! I didn't get a chance to introduce myself at the conference today, but its nice to put a face with your name now. Giving away that Saiga was a cool idea! I wanted to ask if you think its time to rejoin CRPA? I dropped my membership a few years back based on information you and others provided on calguns (I'm joe4702 over there as well). In...

Joe, Gee, sorry I didn't meet you. My mind's still swimming with the names-vs-faces of all the nice folks I met. I think the general attitude toward CRPA is kinda "trust but verify". The new leader John Fields is a good guy, with a professional organizing background for such interest entities, and seems like he's trying to do the right thing Problem is some of the old contract ...