Rather than hide in a closet, DO something about the government regulations. If you aren't a member of the NRA, I am carrying your freight! If you aren't a member of the NMLRA, I am carrying your freight! These are the only two gun organizations with enough clout to change things. It takes time. YOu will see us beat back worse laws for years before we are able to pass a pro-gun law that benefits shooters. It took years to get the law passed that protects gun manufacturer from suits involving criminal use of firearms. It took years to pass a federal law giving all retired law enforcement officers in good standing, the right to carry concealed in every state. We are trying to build on it. In 1968, when the Omnibus Crime Control Act was passed, black powder was regulated, along with all ammo. But, with the help of a friend in Ronald Reagan, Congress passed a law in 1982-83 that ended the requirement to record personal information on every sale of ammo. It also permitted the interstate shipment of ammo to individuals. That helped us be able to buy Black powder.
So, get together with friends to buy black powder in quantity, when no local dealer carries it. Or take an order to a dealer and ask him to order it for you. Let him know directly how much a demand there is for the stuff locally. He may not know.( That is another problem arising out of shooters hiding in closets- we don't even know who are friends are!) Then get them all to become members of the NRA. You can't change an organization unless you are a voting member. so please stop sitting on the bench complaining, and do something. Politics, like sex, is a Participatory Sport! Someone is going to play. IF you want to protect your rights, it had better be YOU!
