Andrew Sarangan wrote:

Jim Macklin wrote:

Only winning the war on terror will return aviation to
pre-9/11 status. Furthermore, the Democrats rarely return
power since seeking more power is their goal in life.
I look at a candidates position on the Second Amendment
first and aviation secondly. Support for private arms is a
great way to determine how that person will approach all
issues. IMHO.

I think we are screwed for at least 2 years.





I never understood the connection between aviation and guns. A good way
to assess this is to find out how many AOPA members are also NRA
members, or vice versa. I would guess that there is very little overlap.


The connection is liberty, pure and simple. Liberty allows us to fly
private aircraft relatively unencumbered (not so true in the northeast
anymore unfortunately). And liberty allows us to possess firearms
privately. More importantly, however, is possessing firearms privately
helps us preserve liberty. They are all intimately related in my opinion.

As to the AOPA/NRA overlap, I have no idea the stats there. I have been
a life member of the NRA for probably 20 years and a member for probably
34 years in total. I've been an AOPA member for 28 years.


Matt