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Frequently Asked Questions Page 2 Q.3: I belong to several other state gun organizations, and they say our Republican legislators are doing a great job defending our gun rights. Why are you so critical? A. 3: State politicians are doing a lousy job defending the Second Amendment. In the 2005-06 session, Republicans held a majority in both state houses. Instead of introducing a clean concealed carry bill, they introduced one loaded with gun control. This, ostensibly, was the 'political reality' required to appease anti-gunners into voting for an override of Governor Jim Doyle's veto. That strategy failed, just as WGO predicted. The reason you never heard this story, is because most state gun groups are led by untrained volunteers who understand only access politics. If they told you the truth, they'd lose access to their politicians. Q. 4: But lobbyists have to have access to politicians, don't they? A. 4: Lobbyists need access to good legislators. It's not the job of lobbyists to represent the views of bad legislators to their members, it's the job of lobbyists to represent the views of members to bad politicians.
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