NRA should stay out of state issues
Editor:
Shame on the National Rifle Association for acting like elitist federal government bureaucrats! Do you wonder why the NRA is involved in Montana's ballot Initiative 161? After all, it has nothing to do with the Second Amendment, and I-161 is a state issue, right? So why are they sticking their out-of-state noses in our business? I will tell you what I believe. Some higher-up, NRA administrative-rich-types buy these guaranteed outfitter tags. They feel they are too good and too important to win them in the lottery drawings like the other folk who live out-of-state, like your family and friends most likely have to do.
And what a waste in potential state revenue we lose because the excess outfitter tags are not sold. Guess who pays for that loss? Yep, we the common folk do.
I am an NRA Endowment Member who is deeply offended that the NRA is choosing to act like the federal government by forcing their power and influence on a Montana ballot initiative. Who the heck do they think they are, federal politicians? I guarantee they will never get one more cent from me and hopefully not from you either.
Vote yes on I-161, and tell the elitists and NRA to mind their own business and to shove it.
Vincent G. Vaccaro Sr., Townsend
Editor:
Shame on the National Rifle Association for acting like elitist federal government bureaucrats! Do you wonder why the NRA is involved in Montana's ballot Initiative 161? After all, it has nothing to do with the Second Amendment, and I-161 is a state issue, right? So why are they sticking their out-of-state noses in our business? I will tell you what I believe. Some higher-up, NRA administrative-rich-types buy these guaranteed outfitter tags. They feel they are too good and too important to win them in the lottery drawings like the other folk who live out-of-state, like your family and friends most likely have to do.
And what a waste in potential state revenue we lose because the excess outfitter tags are not sold. Guess who pays for that loss? Yep, we the common folk do.
I am an NRA Endowment Member who is deeply offended that the NRA is choosing to act like the federal government by forcing their power and influence on a Montana ballot initiative. Who the heck do they think they are, federal politicians? I guarantee they will never get one more cent from me and hopefully not from you either.
Vote yes on I-161, and tell the elitists and NRA to mind their own business and to shove it.
Vincent G. Vaccaro Sr., Townsend
