BECOMING THE PRO-SHOOTING FORCE SHOOTERS NEED: Plus, we hear crickets from Texas

IN THIS EPISODE, we look at Kate’s escape to the United States nearly a year ago, without ever starting the legal battle on WA gun laws she promised or explaining where the money has gone. We also look at why Australian shooters desperately need effective political representation —and why so many past attempts have failed. I break down the three main reasons: inexperience, greed, and ego. We've seen well-meaning people enter politics without the necessary background to navigate the system effectively. They get used up by major parties with decades more experience. Real political effectiveness requires 20+ years working in major parties or at the ministerial coalface – but who has that? Sadly, we've seen shooters’ elected representatives cut deals with major parties to keep their taxpayer-funded salaries, giving us duck hunting inquiries and stacked consultative committees in return. In Victoria, a deal even blocked the development of a major ISSF shooting facility. Finally, ego has destroyed effective lobbying efforts, with the most significant one being the collapse of the National Shooting Council in early 2023. That's why we started Politics Reloaded.  With thanks to Sean Frazer, we’ve grown Gun News Australia into Australia's only regular pro-shooting political podcast - with over half a million views so far. We also look at a recent FOI victory against NSW Police as proof of what we can done when you have the right people doing the work. Finally, can you please help us?  We need to be able to send this content to more and more shooters – so make sure you’re on our email list & get your mates to do the same as well!  It’s free, easy to opt out and would be a huge help if you can do that.  To sign up, just go to https://politicsreloaded.com/email-list/  -------------------------------------------------------------- GET EARLY RELEASE EPISODES! Join our Patreon channel and get our episodes before they are released more widely at:  https://www.patreon.com/c/PoliticsReloaded/membership -------------------------------------------------------------- DONATE NOW – and support our work You can back our work by donating at https://politicsreloaded.com/donate/ OR you can ‘buy me a coffee’ in support, at https://buymeacoffee.com/politicsreloaded   #GunNewsAustralia #PoliticsReloaded #ShooterRights #Advocacy #SupportYourRights #FirearmLaws #Australia