It sounds like you want them to piggy back on work of so many others who devoted time and energy to get side by side associations started. Reminds me of the lazy grasshopper and industrious ant fable.
Bruce's idea seems like good marketing - if we want to someone to come along after all us grumpy old doublegunners, inviting pump guns shooters (and others) and showing them the sublime joys of double guns might not be a bad idea.
Reminds me of recruiting . . . .
Do you think we should point out that in real life, the ant has about a two week gig, no matter how hard he works, and the grasshopper dies at the end of summer no matter how much food he has around him?
Or, that it is a rare day that this board has more then perhaps 100 people looking at it, at any given time?
Or, that license fees collected by DNR departments across the country have been in a down hill slide for two or three decades, with fewer people interested in outdoor pursuits that include shooting?
No, we wouldn't want to be proactive or inclusive. Just let it rot on the vine.
Best,
Ted
