Jack, I'm still waiting to hear what the Ikes--as an organization--are doing on gun rights issues, politically, at either the state or national level.
Larry - as an IWLA member you should know that the Ikes don't field a paid battery of lawyers and professional lobbyists from an elaborate DC headquarters. And the IWLA has a lot more issues on their plate than the NRA. Demanding a list of their lobbying efforts specific to RKBA is like asking the NRA what they're doing on behalf of hunting and habitat. The answer for both is, "a lot more than you think."
Most of the IWLA grunt work is done by members in local and state chapters, and each chapter has its own priorities depending on local needs. If your chapter is
not working to protect the RKBA against local and state anti-gun initiatives, Larry, it's up to you as a member to get them involved.
But the Izaak Walton League does have staff in DC, too, and they make sure the congressmen they regularly visit are aware of
all of the official national policies of one of America's oldest and most respected outdoor organizations - including the RKBA. The federal "Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act," shielding gun and ammunition manufacturers from anti-gun lawsuits, was passed with IWLA support.
For a thread headed "United We Stand," the attacks in this thread against other active national pro-gun organizations are ironic, divisive and counterproductive. "Inane," "head in the sand," "wannabes," "do-nothing freeloaders" who "cash in" on gun issues - that isn't the language or attitude to win the allies you need, or to keep them. Some NRA members here keep insisting that they stand alone - I hope they won't eventually be right.
