Gun owner forums are not only critical but essential to protect our rights. They get their legitimacy and influence from a representative structure of all aspects of our fraternity, not a radical rump promoting a particular party or point of view.

Consider the consequences of the GOP under the sway of Cheney, then sliding untagged to the Tea Party, followed by Trump taking control of the GOP, the trend of modern conservatism. Making a big tent wins elections, blackballing doesn't.

"Get him outta here" isn't the American way.