National is right on the ball, and forwarded my name and contact info to the local NRA organization, and they invited me to attend their dinner Friday night. So I went. It was held in the Littleton Elks hall. About 100 people turned up, all ages from two, thru teen age, thru old geezers like me, and a fair number of girls considering the nature of the event. Dress was informal, I was overdressed in coat & tie.
The event consisted of talking, eating, and auctioning. They auctioned off a raft of cool stuff to raise money, including a fair number of firearms. Two guys from NRA national turned up, which is not bad considering the remoteness of Littleton, NH from most of the US of A. On the other hand, 100 votes is enough to tip a lot of elections up here, and most of the 100 people present were NRA members. Who will probably pay close attention to NRA recommendations about who is and who is not, a supporter of the right to bear arms. I know for a fact that Charlie Bass, our current US rep, owes a lot of votes to a letter the NRA mailed to all New Hampshire members just before the 2010 election.
Gives one some appreciation of the effectiveness of the NRA as a lobbying organization.
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Interesting that George Bush Sr. won the primary because of upstate New Hampshire after getting blown out in Iowa. Helps that Ted Williams was going around stumping with him though!
Yeah, New Hampshire hasn't figured out whether it's a blue state or a red state. Four years ago it was looking pretty blue, now it's looking more red. We have decent unemployment statistics (6%) but a lot of the employment is pretty low grade tourist business stuff, waiting table, making beds. We passed a right to work law thru the legislature last week, but the guv'nor has promised a veto. Speaker of the House said on TV he has the votes to override, but it hasn't happened yet.
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