Alas FreedomVA, the gaggle of members on this forum are those who have stepped up to meet at rallys to show we care, the individuals currently on like Tess, The Truth, Walking Wolf, gutshot, OC for ME, CoL, BB62, Poetdante, MSG Laigaie and the rest of the Bellingham gang in the PNW, Mac and the others in NV, Mama from Wy, and others across this country as well as those who have passed, skid, grapeshot, and others contributed time, money, sweat to their firearm OPEN CARRY advocacy in their communities the last 15 years.
The initial advocacy cause has tremendously changed/morphed in those years to something unrecognizable today. Why, mega buck special interest individuals and complacency from the majority of this nation’s citizens regarding their real and perceived rights, and a judical system out of control from initial concept. To further complicate things is the social & newspeek media frenzy as they pursue the next big story!
Bottom line, what you consider passive, isn’t actually, but rather a methodology which worked well in the past to reach advocacy goals.