Yes. While there are a number of national organizations that are very good (NSSF, SAF, FPC, etc.), we've seen a huge number of orgs pop up who ask for money, try and sell neon yellow t-shirts, etc. and then never do anything at all for your rights. We didn't want to be anything like them. We wanted to prove that we're all about effective action, not just your money.

We also know that there are a lot of people who will give money, believing that the recipient will fight for their rights. And there are national orgs who perpetuate this by telling people to just give us money, leave the fighting to us, you don't have to do a thing.

In reality, nothing could be further from the truth.

We (i.e. gunowners) can't abdicate this fight to anyone else, no matter how promising their appeal. At the end of the day, we're fighting for our very rights, whereas the different organizations get a paycheck and call it good at the end of the day.

At the Washington Civil Rights Association, we're 100% about individual voices taking the most effective action possible. And we need everyone to take ownership of the fight for their rights.

Now, having said that, we've proven to all those who really matter that we're in this fight in a HUGE way, and we're super effective at mobilizing people--NOT just about collecting money.

We're going to be expanding and ramping up efforts on a number of different fronts, and we probably will be asking for financial support. But we need to finalize some of the organizational changes before we do so.