{"id":18490,"date":"2014-08-22T12:57:33","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T19:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=18490"},"modified":"2014-08-22T12:57:33","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T19:57:33","slug":"why-does-saf-want-jpfo-so-badly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/22\/why-does-saf-want-jpfo-so-badly\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does SAF want JPFO so badly?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; given that JPFO board members appear to think  JPFO is no more than a worthless burden to be shrugged off their shoulders? A businessman friend who is also a JPFO life member offers this insight. And ain&#8217;t it the truth?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>SAF is salivating at this \u201cmerger.\u201d  What\u2019s not to like? They pay a few bills, but they get a great email and snail-mail list.  They probably know that there is very little overlap between SAF members and JPFO members.<\/p>\n<p>But since SAF, Alan Gottlieb, and the lawyers he hires are unprincipled hypocrites, willing to compromise and toady at every turn, they don\u2019t understand WHY there is so little overlap in membership.<\/p>\n<p>The truth is, Aaron Zelman was a fanatic.  In a good sense.  He had a burning issue and a principled stance.  He would never compromise.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s exactly why I am a life member.  I strongly suspect it was a reason many people supported JPFO.  They were tired of weasel words, compromise, and endless erosion of their rights by the very people who claimed to help them.<\/p>\n<p>I will never be associated with SAF.  If this \u201cmerger\u201d takes place I will renounce my life membership in JPFO.  Gottlieb will never see a dime from me.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps we can\u2019t stop this \u201cmerger.\u201d  Look for a smarmy FAQ with a bunch of questions that treat the JPFO members like infants and idiots.  Look for weasel word answers crafted by lawyers to those insulting questions.  Look for evasions and lies from SAF, because that\u2019s what Alan Gottlieb does \u2013 he says one thing even while planning his next treachery.<\/p>\n<p>Because in truth there is simply no way to merge these two organizations.  They are like matter and anti-matter.  Just like those, the mix will provoke an explosion and destruction.  Nothing good will come of it, but the life work of Aaron Zelman will be destroyed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>His words, not mine. So if you want to sue him for telling the truth, lawyers, go find him.<\/p>\n<p>Now, people, I&#8217;m stepping away from my computer for an hour or two. But keep those reality checks coming to the JPFO board!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Sign <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipetitions.com\/petition\/save-jpfo-from-being-absorbed-into-saf\" target=\"_blank\">the petition<\/a>! Stop SAF from looting Aaron Zelman&#8217;s legacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; given that JPFO board members appear to think JPFO is no more than a worthless burden to be shrugged off their shoulders? A businessman friend who is also a JPFO life member offers this insight. And ain&#8217;t it the truth? SAF is salivating at this \u201cmerger.\u201d What\u2019s not to like? They pay a few bills, but they get a great email and snail-mail list. They probably know that there is very little overlap between SAF members and JPFO members. But since SAF, Alan Gottlieb, and the lawyers he hires are unprincipled hypocrites, willing to compromise and toady at every&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/22\/why-does-saf-want-jpfo-so-badly\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why does SAF want JPFO so badly?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guns-and-gun-rights","ratio-natural","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18490\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}