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I live in MA... vacationland of the 'preverts'. The bastards flock up here like the bums flock to San Francisco. Cops up here are good at writing tickets, denying pistol permits and losing track of convicted sex offenders. The tickets bring in lots of revenue. An armed, law-abiding citizen is just as dangerous as a criminal and busting sex-offenders costs the state money.

Good screen-name by the way.

What are the carry permit laws in MA? It took seven solid years for the MPPA to pass in Minnesota. The final vote in the state Senate was memorable. I attended just to see the weeping and crying and I was not disappointed. There were literally tears being shed in the Senate chamber and hallways amidst the smiles and backslaps of the victors. It was, perhaps, the sweetest day of politics in my life.

It has seemed to me that conservative success has been due to a convergence of things, but looming largely in the mix has been the organized, motivated and active 2A element. For out state MN, even the unionized RATs are pro-2A and will default in their voting to support that right. Urban RATs are as heavily dug in and hostile to 2A rights as anything you might have and, of course, the metropolitan area has traditionally controlled most debate and legislation. What turned the tide was the gradual complexion change of the legislature due to a solid decade’s worth of grassroots work in sending conservatives up the pipe.

The urban-rural division is worth exploiting for all its worth since a critical mass may be achieved that can alter the politics of a region permanently. The steady flow of seats to the conservative side in minor races eventually added up to a major coalition. I know several folks form rural MA and they are as a conservative as it comes and they claim to be fairly representational of the rural areas.

While rural votes certainly counted, the key for us was constant pressure on the imploding RAT positions on issues of budget control, personal freedoms, taxes and the miserable educational morass. The common sense of sound conservatism eventually held sway over the shrill lunacy of RATs smelling the sea-change coming.

I would venture a guess that MA may mirror MN in many of these issues. If Minnesota can engineer such a turn around, I would encourage you in your struggles to regain your freedoms in the socialist hell of MA.