Time to Vote All

[WillysWagon]

Lets get out there and vote everyone.
[purple] [dance1] [greenbann]

[AR Will]

I am the NRA and I vote. [usa]

[KarlPMann]

I voted early, should I go vote again? :twisted: Karl.

[WillysWagon]

I voted early, should I go vote again? :twisted: Karl.

No, they won't give you 'cheesy brats' if you do [poke] .

[KarlPMann]

Well that's not fair. :cry: Karl.

[robsterclaw]

I was pissed! I had to do a provisional ballot, because my name wasn't on the list. They said are you sure you're in the right place? Ummm derrrr let me see, I've been voting here for 7 years. :roll: They said there's been alot of that today. I wondder how many people don't want to wait as long as it takes to fill out all the provisional ballot. I hope it's all the dumocrates that won't take the time. :P

[oddthomas]

I showed up at 7am and it still took me 40 minutes. There was only one electronic and the rest (6?) were paper.

[Marlin]

Took Me 1 hour from walking out the door to walking back in the door. That even included going to a differant place.

[WillysWagon]

I had to do a provisional ballot as well.
My wife was listed, but I wasn't.
Still got my vote in though. :mrgreen:

[westy1970]

I voted for Nancy Pelosi and Kennedy. I am tired of guns and civil rights. [roll]

[Spenser_in_Broomfield]

I voted earlier today, but is anyone else getting the old "we're completely f**ked" feeling?

I really hope I can quote this post in a few hours and call myself a dumbass, but I'm not terribly optimistic... :cry:

[7idl]

I voted on friday, thank you [usa]




and it's a good thing too. I'm in Ft. Lauderdale.











did I mention I was on the beach today, and the temp was in the 80's ?

[Scott]

I voted earlier today, but is anyone else getting the old "we're completely f**ked" feeling?

I really hope I can quote this post in a few hours and call myself a dumbass, but I'm not terribly optimistic... :cry:

yep.

[XJ]

15 minutes, all of the unopposed county candidates didn't need their ovals filled in (except the sheriff, cuz they do a good job processing renewals).

Election trivia from ancient family history back in Kentucky - a vote used to only cost $2 and a pint of bourbon.

[Driftwood]

Looks like Ritter's going to win this easily. So what does that mean here for the 2nd Amendment (what's left of it, anyway)?

:?:

[Aardvark]

Well heck. First time I get to vote using a machine and not have to send a mail in ballot from overseas/cross country, and it turns out to be a bad win to the dems. This bites.

[pickenup]

At 1 in the afternoon, there were NO lines.
Walked right in, no waiting.
NOT that it helped. :cry:

[Gman]

Crap! Just bought a 10 pack of 30-round AR mags.

I need to hurry up and buy another upper.

[Asha'man]

I'm scratching to finish my AR soon, and planning on finally taking the class and getting the paperwork in motion for my CCW before the Dims take office. I have a bad feeling about this.

[devochka]

I voted at the Scheitler Rec Center. Got there after work at 5:45pm. Didn't vote until 8:30pm. Two hours and forty-five minutes waiting in line. There were approximately 600 people there in line at the 7pm deadline. We all got to vote. Crazy night.

_erin

[MuzzleFlash]

Well folks, we are screwed. No speed bumps for a Kalifornia style ban now. At least Gordon lost the S.O.S. race.

I am going to buy some AR receivers just in case.

[Marlin]

Plus the fact that the entire State just took one giant step towards becomeing a suburb of Mexico City. [diss]

[7idl]

ok, what the hell are you guys doing? I leave the state for a few days and it turns to crap!

[Gman]

I am going to buy some AR receivers just in case.Where do you get yours?

[westy1970]

If I were you, I would buy lowers and magazines. They only really care about the part with numbers on it. You will still be able to buy uppers, I think.

[Gman]

Uppers with permanently attached flash hiders and no bayonet lugs. :evil:

The last stripped lower I bought I got from Eagle, when he was still operating the storefront. I'm curious as to where you guys buy stripped lowers.

[chain.60]

Just remenber if you didn"t vote you
ain"t got a right to bitch. :twisted:

[Spenser_in_Broomfield]

I agree, lol.

However, I voted, and voted according to NRA ratings. Therefore, I am well within my rights to say I'm f**king pissed off today. :-x

[Driftwood]

For those who are interested, Gun Owners of America issued an update today. It helps put things in perspective.

Impact Of The 2006 Election On Gun Rights
http://www.gunowners.org/a110806.htm

[Driftwood]

Just remenber if you didn"t vote you
ain"t got a right to bitch. :twisted:

I voted and I'm not trying to get into a fight with you, but I don't know if I necessarily agree with that cliche anymore. I recently came across this interesting quote:


The stirring buzz of scandal
Las Vegas Review-Journal
by Vin Suprinowicz

"Yes, you can vote Libertarian or Independent American. With different emphases, both parties are mostly serious about smaller, constitutional government. For this very reason, neither corporations nor labor unions nor Gaia worshippers seeking to impose their will through government coercion will endorse or fund such 'minor party' candidates, so they will all lose, as usual. But at least you'll have the peace of mind that comes from knowing you didn't actually authorize the next gang of thugs to run roughshod over our God-given liberties.

The other option, of course, is to not participate. The old chestnut is that if you don't vote you have no right to complain about the outcome. Actually, the opposite is true. By voting, you tacitly acknowledge that the questions at issue can be rightfully decided by majority vote, and you tacitly agree to peaceably abide by -- even honor and enforce -- the result." (11/05/06)

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Nov-05-Sun-2006/opinion/10446644.html

[Chaffee2]

I know this is a giant leap of faith but I don't think the dems even with commie mommie polosi as speaker will push the gun issue to hard. The reason being is if they do there will be no hope of them getting any where in 08. Of course the Republicans can screw the pooch for the next 2 years like the previous 6 and then all bets are off.

So I'm hoping not much is going to happen because we all know most of our elected officials are worried more about themselves than the country.

[7idl]

Well, we can hold the dems responsible now for all the f'ups, and we gotta be like white on rice about it too.

[HunterCO]

They won't do much for the next two years after 08 when they really take over all hell is going to break loose. Anybody remember 94? it's coming soon. :evil:

[Great-Kazoo]

They won't do much for the next two years after 08 when they really take over all hell is going to break loose. Anybody remember 94? it's coming soon. :evil:


unfortunately like 9-11 94's a distant and faded memory.
if the liberal wing of the dnc listens to liberman we have a chance. if they stay as liberal ,as the rnc is christian conservative we're all done for.
what happened to the middle ground?,

[usa] WE GET THE GOVERNMENT WE DESERVE. [usa]

[Driftwood]

[usa] WE GET THE GOVERNMENT WE DESERVE. [usa]

That's very true, unfortunately.

Rocky Mountain Gun Owners has an update as well that is interesting:

http://www.rmgo.org/alerts/2006electionresults.shtml


Though the media isn't reporting last night's election this way, the simple fact is that pro-gun conservatives are about the only candidates who survived the Democrat landslide.

Expect a full report in our newsletter, but a cursory look at the winners from last night show that the Republican elected officials are getting more pro-gun -- and Republican compromisers can't win.

Consider this:

Congressional District 4: Marilyn Musgrave (who ran an amendment this year to get rid of the federal trigger locks compromise cut by the NRA) survived a tough and extremely expensive challenge.

Congressional District 5: Finally, after 20 years of do-nothing Joel Hefley, Colorado Springs now has a hardcore pro-gun conservative in Doug Lamborn. Lamborn has been nothing short of a hero in the state legislature, and we expect even better while he is in Congress.

State Legislature: Mike Kopp handily won a State Senate seat after narrowly defeating a liberal incumbent in the primary.

Gun-hater Tom Mauser worked tirelessly -- and in vain -- to defeat Kopp, who represents the Columbine area. Scott Renfroe trounced his opponent, and Brophy, Harvey and Schultheis cruised to victory. This core of constitutionalists form a solid base in the Senate, even if the Democrats retain control.

On the House side, Kent Lambert joins with conservatives Cory Gardner and David Balmer, among others.

All of these candidates stood firmly for our gun rights in primaries and general elections, and they were rewarded with a seat.

There are also some lessons learned by defeat, though you won't read this in the papers either:

Bob Beauprez followed the same old, failed strategy as the

And while the NRA and CSSA spent much of their time explaining why Bill Ritter is bad on guns (he is terrible, no doubt), they failed to mention that Bob Beauprez actually SIGNED the 2000 SAFE ballot initiative to close the so-called "gun show

loophole." That alone should give gun owners reason for pause, and it did.

What Beauprez, and other establishment types in the GOP don't get, is that though gun owners often vote on the lesser of two evils in cases like this, they don't put their heart and soul into races like this. That means less volunteers, less coffee shop enthuiasm and less money. Yes, we usually vote Republican, but we aren't force multipliers the way we are when we are excited about a solidly pro-gun candidate (who doesn't compromise our rights the way Beauprez has).

The people who run Trailhead and those in their orbit (mostly Gov. Owens' people, like Katie Atkinson) are also big losers in this election. For the second election in a row, they proved that they don't know how to win elections. During the primary they attempted to scare conservatives away from running primaries. Not only did their more liberal candidates lose the primary, but their predications also did not come true (that conservatives winning primaries means they'll lose the general election). If that's the case, why did Bob Beauprez trail the down-ticket conservatives within a given district?

The lesson of the GOP defeats: the establishment (which often tells good guys to "moderate" their stance on guns) is a lead anchor, and their ideas are failing the GOP.

A one-line synopsis of last night's results are: Moderate/liberal Republicans lost, while conservative, pro-gun Republicans won.

Now it's time to get ready to endure the Democrat party in full power in Colorado. Their consultants have been telling them for a number of years that gun control is a loser for their party, and should be left alone. We'll see if Democrats heed that advice.

[MPfiveengineer]

I think there will be at least 3 years before anything happens on the national level, as far as the state level I do not know. I also think that the congress learned from the holes in the 94 ban and if there were another ban I would look for it to be a lot worse than 94.

I was thinking Tuesday night that buying some AR receivers would not be a bad idea.

[robsterclaw]

Well, we can hold the dems responsible now for all the f'ups, and we gotta be like white on rice about it too.

Condaleeza dates white people? [roll]

[Asha'man]

I think there will be at least 3 years before anything happens on the national level, as far as the state level I do not know. I also think that the congress learned from the holes in the 94 ban and if there were another ban I would look for it to be a lot worse than 94.

I was thinking Tuesday night that buying some AR receivers would not be a bad idea.

I would be surprised if it took that long. Pelosi is going to sit everyone down and tell them they'd better toe her rabid-left party line or they're not going to have an easy time if she has anything to say about it (and she does). They'll start sending gun-control legislation in front of Bush as soon as they can, and being the last two years of his term he'll sign everything that comes across his desk in an attempt to improve his image and "legacy". We all know he's said he'd sign another AWB if it came up, so as soon as the Dems put one together and it hits Bush's desk, we as a nation of gun owners are proper FUCKED.

I agree with you on buying AR lowers though. Mags, too.