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Re: Happy Trails

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Brian D. wrote:
JustaShooter wrote:When you can't even get people to volunteer for a shift at a table at a gun show and get free admittance and parking, it's pretty telling.
You obviously volunteered for that duty way more times than I did, but it seemed like after the first couple years, most people attending the shows stopped interacting with us.
I can only speak to the NE Ohio shows, specifically Medina, Stark and Summit, but we had decent engagement as long as the show itself had good traffic - and, if there was anything going on related to pro- or anti-gun stuff in the works we had tremendous interactions. Donations, not so much but we weren't really pushing for them. Handed out a ton of brochures, wallet cards and reciprocity maps though!
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After about a week and a half, there have been 28 posts to the original topic, re. our demise. The postings were from 18 different members. Of those 18, only 5 are July 4, 2005 alumni.

Sorta explains our predicament, I think.


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weakhand luke wrote:After about a week and a half, there have been 28 posts to the original topic, re. our demise. The postings were from 18 different members. Of those 18, only 5 are July 4, 2005 alumni.

Sorta explains our predicament, I think.
I joined in November 2007 and then was banned by a moderator who got her panties is a knot because she could not handle the truth. Other than myself, there is no one on this forum that really has a good grasp of Ohio law, except for JustaShooter and schmieg. And Werz is no longer around.

I'm sure Jim Garvas will accept a large contribution from you to keep this forum alive and well.
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Bearable wrote:
weakhand luke wrote:After about a week and a half, there have been 28 posts to the original topic, re. our demise. The postings were from 18 different members. Of those 18, only 5 are July 4, 2005 alumni.

Sorta explains our predicament, I think.
I joined in November 2007 and then was banned by a moderator who got her panties is a knot because she could not handle the truth. Other than myself, there is no one on this forum that really has a good grasp of Ohio law, except for JustaShooter and schmieg. And Werz is no longer around.

I'm sure Jim Garvas will accept a large contribution from you to keep this forum alive and well.
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Bearable wrote: I joined in November 2007 and then was banned by a moderator who got her panties is a knot because she could not handle the truth. Other than myself, there is no one on this forum that really has a good grasp of Ohio law, except for JustaShooter and schmieg. And Werz is no longer around.

I'm sure Jim Garvas will accept a large contribution from you to keep this forum alive and well.

Quick correction: That would be JEFF Garvas, OFCC'S first and only President. Hard to fault your mistake, because he has not spent much time here in years. Since being elected to the Macedonia Ohio city council, it seems to me he's distanced himself from gun rights advocacy.
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Brian D. wrote: Quick correction: That would be JEFF Garvas, OFCC'S first and only President. Hard to fault your mistake, because he has not spent much time here in years. Since being elected to the Macedonia Ohio city council, it seems to me he's distanced himself from gun rights advocacy.
Vice President of Council no less. I'm sure open carry at council meetings is welcomed with open arms.
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The forums were the social fabric that held the rest of it together.

When over-moderation killed the forums, everything else died with it.
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EricTheBald wrote:The forums were the social fabric that held the rest of it together.

When over-moderation killed the forums, everything else died with it.
Not sure what you are referring to, but in the 10 years I've been a member and active on the forums they haven't been over-moderated. The org and forums were very active back then, although you can look back now and see a slow decline even then that only really accelerated over the past 5 years.
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Bearable wrote:... And Werz is no longer around. ...
Any idea what became of Werz?
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BB62 wrote:Any idea what became of Werz?
His posts used to show up iny Facebook feed, but you know how confounding their Al Gore rhythms can be. When it's someone I rarely see in person, it's easy to lose track of them.
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Brian D. wrote:
BB62 wrote:Any idea what became of Werz?
His posts used to show up iny Facebook feed, but you know how confounding their Al Gore rhythms can be. When it's someone I rarely see in person, it's easy to lose track of them.
He's still around on Facebook. I just don't think he's all that active.
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pirateguy191 wrote:
Brian D. wrote:
BB62 wrote:Any idea what became of Werz?
His posts used to show up iny Facebook feed, but you know how confounding their Al Gore rhythms can be. When it's someone I rarely see in person, it's easy to lose track of them.
He's still around on Facebook. I just don't think he's all that active.
Thank you to both of you.

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Great. Now where am I going to sell all those handguns that seemed like a good purchase at the time...
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synack2 wrote:Great. Now where am I going to sell all those handguns that seemed like a good purchase at the time...
What are you talking about? Is the trading post going away? It was still working as of Feb 15th.

If it is going away I guess you hurry and sell them ASAP (maybe to me at a discount price :lol: )
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