Not sure why you think I am trying to absolve myself from anything, as I am not. No reason to do do. I stand by my comments.

Sorry, LCS, but your story about the gun club comes across strongly as a direct comparison to model airplane clubs and what you find wrong with at least some of them and not as a simple point of perspective. You carefully categorized what you liked about the gun club and contrasted those things to what you don't care for in model clubs.

i thought it was worth posting a related experience and additional info that I had come across.

I find hard to understand why you complain about the posting of contrasting viewpoints when you are so fond of expressing them yourself.

Perhaps you need to create a blog where you can post as you wish and be free of people with alternative insights that want to discuss your ideas and compare them with their own experiences, feelings and concepts.

Not going to happen in here. This is a discussion forum. I post knowing that anything I say can be trashed, dissected, lauded, ridiculed, made fun of, quoted out of context, ignored, dismissed, enjoyed, hated, applauded and lambasted. Works for me as all discussion in forums like this is, in reality, nothing greater than a tempest in a teacup.

I made a point about how it is more dangerous to drive to the flying field than to be at the flying field...you characterized that point as a comparison of some sort...it was just a point...not a comparison. You started all the comparison dialogue that followed. Is that right?

I stand by my point...no comparison to anything...just a point.

Oh, if you have a hard time understanding my point, I'll spell it out. We are much more likely to have an accident on the way to the flying field than have an accident while at the flying field. You could just say Amen to that and leave it at that but I doubt you will.

After thinking about all this a bit...I'll play along and pretend you had no part in the direction this thread took...Happy now? You Win!!!

Now just who is it that brought up the comparison between AMA and NRA?

OK...now its you...I never mentioned NRA...Please read again... OH, wait...you win too... Happy now????

Getting a little cranky there.

You made your point by comparing two vasty different activities on a single rather superficial level, which was accident rate. I thought it was worth elaborating on the point you made by discussing it in more detail from another perspective.

you're right... My citing info about my town's population and traffic accident data, although I failed to mention AMA club flying site accident data for comparison is a comparison of two different activities. I apologize for the confusion.

write to obama

maybe there is a ring I can kiss instead...

Ok guys, let's get off the political commentary here in this thread. That's something that's not allowed on RCU and it needs to stay out of our threads. Even if it's "just a joke" it's still not allowed here.

Ken

That Sir, is one darn good question. I will try to find an answer for it, however such answer may just might be as slow coming as the dumb screw-up is dumb!
Scary!

I was guessing as much but I thought I would ask anyway. These things happen.