This one's for you, Josh my boy!
“If you compare the pro-gun activity in the blogosphere versus the pro-gun-control activity, the scales have just tipped tremendously in their favor,” says Josh Sugarmann, founder of the Violence Policy Center in Washington, which advocates for more gun control in the US. “There’s much more engagement, more involvement, and they clearly have more free time than people on our side of the issue do.”
You know what, Joshua? Not only do I not get paid to do this, I pay out of my own pocket for this server, the bandwidth, electricity, etc. So far, I've only pulled in like $15 from Google ads over several months. I also pay my dues to the NRA. Financially, this blog is a losing proposition and yet me and my compatriots still have more pull than you and your well funded but low supported organization could dream about.
I would venture to guess I have more daily readers than the VPC has actual supporters. If the Joyce Foundation actually wised up and realized how much cash they were wasting, you'd disappear. Without funding, you have no job, no agenda, no support.
Me? I've been doing this for years on my own dime and still have plenty of steam left in me.
I don't get marching orders from the NRA (I'm critical of their positions quite often). You do get your marching orders from the Joyce Foundation. Yet even with all your organization, all the cash from your sugar daddies, even with the media printing your press releases like they were actual news, you still can't get any traction with the most left leaning administration in this nations history.
I would think that when you find yourself resorting to outright lies and distortions to make your point, you might realize you're on the wrong side of being right. Must suck to be in your position.
Sad, sad panda Josh.