It's a near miracle that a group of "middle-age+" people have quickly adopted an expensive new technology like PowerFlarm. The people in the racing community that have helped ease this along deserve a lot of credit. This is rare and true leadership in the community interest. Congratulation and thank you.

On Wednesday, June 12, 2013 10:27:18 AM UTC-4, Dan Marotta wrote:

...I only care about the bandying about of such terms as
compulsory and mandatory. Those of us who truly care about our freedoms
understand that if we give an inch, those who want to impose their wills
will take the proverbial mile. I won't give that inch. I'll make my own
decisions.

Dan, you are making it sound like some of the leaders in the racing community wants to take away your guns. Fine, don't install PowerFlarm. But PLEASE STOP mixing the rhetoric of "gun rights" with the PowerFlarm. You are discouraging anyone who owns guns and anyone who listens to gun rights rhetoric from acquiring PowerFlarm. That is how persuasion works. There are a lot of people on the fence about PowerFlarm and you are influencing them. You are leading the charge in the opposite direction. PowerFlarm is not a handgun.

Here is why I would politely ask you to stop beating your drum. YOU MAY BE WRONG ABOUT POWERFLARM. PowerFlarm may be the right decision for someone else who is on the fence. Please consider switching your drum beat to something like, "I considered adopting PowerFlarm and I decided that it is not for me because of how and when I fly. BUT you should make that decision for yourself. PowerFlarm may save YOUR life. Lots of people think it is a wise investment and I may be wrong, but I've chosen to take my chances. In general, I don't like bells and whistles, so it kinda makes sense that I would reject PowerFlarm."

If you can't go that far, how about switching to something neutral like "PowerFlarm is not for me." Surely you have something better to do than lead the charge against PowerFlarm.