Weekly Email 08/18/2022 - It's almost voting season -- plus August CCW Seminar, Monthly Meeting, & Shooting Social all next week!
THIS WEEK AT OCGO
Friend–
OCGO’s been working nonstop to prepare our upcoming voter guide — helping make voting for pro-2A candidates and issues absurdly easy and without question.
We’re not far from being able to tell you more about our MASSIVE deployment plan, but we still need to ensure our funding’s in place to be able to execute it.
If we get every Orange County 2A voter one of these guides, they’ll have the knowledge they need to be able to grow and sustain our Second Amendment freedoms both at the county AND state level!
That’s why this is so critical, so anything you can do helps.
Stay free,
Heather Hawke
Executive Director
Orange County Gun Owners
Now for this week’s news and updates…
Have you ordered your OCGO Merch yet?
August CCW Seminar is this Monday at 7PM!
Our monthly meetings are fun & informative! Join us August 24th at KOVERT!
Attention all Volunteers! We need Mentors for the Next Shooting Social August 27th!
Members! Would you like to be listed on our website as a Second Amendment Supporting Business?
It’s Election Season! Do you have any local candidates you want us to endorse or are you a candidate?
We Need Your Help! Community Outreach!
In Case you missed it – Blog: Refuse to be a Victim (Guest Blog)
Gun Owners Radio: Learn How to Shoot at Home with Fortified Measures
#NotMeOC is Looking for Ambassadors! Join our August 30th info Session for more info!
Enjoy our Weekly Newsletter & want to get more involved?
Take the next step & become a Member today! We need you!
Have you ordered your OCGO Merch yet?
Show your Orange County Gun Owners PAC Pride! The new OCGO Store is live!
We have T-Shirts in Men’s & Women’s Sizes as well as Black & Coyote Brown hats to sport around the county & at the range!
OCGO will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates as they are issued and in our CCW Seminars. Updates to our CCW page on our website are in process as well. Stay tuned…
Education and outreach has been a part of who Orange County Gun Owners is from the very beginning. Our diverse group of volunteers work to expand the shooting sport community and educate the public. For just $60/person, we can give you a safe, fun, safe, and educational first-time shooting experience.
Join us for our upcoming OCGO Shooting Social!
When?: Saturday August 27th
Where?: FT3 Tactical, 8230 Electric Ave, Stanton, CA 90680
To purchase tickets to attend, please visit our ticket site here.
If you have questions about Mentoring or the Shooting Socials, please email us at [email protected] and we will be happy discuss!
Members! Would you like to be listed on our website as Second Amendment Supporting Business?
OCGO is in the process of adding a Business Directory to our website that will include/feature local businesses that support our Second Amendment Rights! If you are interested in listing your business on the page and possibly providing a discount to fellow OCGO members(optional) please email us at [email protected] to discuss further!
It’s Election Season! Do you have any local candidates you want us to endorse or are you a candidate?
Endorsing candidates is an important part of the political process and is a big step towards Orange County Gun Owners’ goal of electing only people who respect our Second Amendment rights.
For OCGO, every day is election season and the next election is always right around the corner. OCGO is a unique political organization because we focus entirely on local Second Amendment issues. Because we are unique, it is important to understand the specifics of who, how, and why we endorse.
OCGO endorses only county and city level candidates. We do not endorse state or federal candidates because other organizations do a great job already and we do not want to duplicate efforts. We only endorse candidates for City Council, School Board, County Board of Supervisors, Sheriff, and other local boards like water, fire, etc.
OCGO’s Criteria for Endorsements:
The candidate’s stance on the Second Amendment and Second Amendment issues. Does the candidate oppose gun bans, ammunition registration, and accessory bans? Does the candidate support issuing carry permits for the purpose of self-defense? And will the candidate do more than just say they support the Second Amendment? We want to support people who will actively work to protect and restore our Second Amendment rights.
The viability of the candidate’s campaign. By endorsing a candidate, we are asking our members and supporters to donate money and time to their campaign. Our endorsement is not just a voting guide. We will not ask our members to give time and money to a candidate who does not have the proper infrastructure in place to win or has not done enough to raise the money needed to get their message to voters.
The candidate’s character. Even if a candidate is pro-Second Amendment and has a viable campaign, if they have done something that is serious and verifiable to prove they do not have the character to hold public office, we will not endorse. How can we trust a candidate to do the right thing on the Second Amendment if they cannot do the right thing personally or professionally?
If you have a favorite local candidate or are a candidate, please contact us or email [email protected] We want to make sure candidates get our questionnaire and meet with each candidate. Once a candidate is endorsed, OCGO will encourage our members to volunteer for and donate to endorsed candidates. OCGO spends money on behalf of our endorsed candidates to make sure their voters vote for them.
We Need Your Help! Community Outreach!
Our “Gun Shop Table Top” program is one of our most effective ways to reach out to current and new members. Volunteering is fun and easy! We provide all the materials you need, and all you have to do is show up. You would be passing out literature about the organization, signing up people for our mailing list, and sharing information about membership. This is an incredibly valuable way to give back to the Second Amendment community and support Orange County Gun Owners!
We are currently looking to grow our Table Top Opportunities throughout Orange County as well. If you know of or own a local 2A friendly business that would host our Table Tops on the weekends please send the information to [email protected]
You can sign up for shifts for this & other events here:
Would you like our postcards or our Executive Director’s business cards to hand out in the community to your friends, neighbors, and fellow Orange County residents to tell them more about OCGO? You can pick some up at our Monthly Meetings, Table Tops, or other events.
If you can’t make events, please email [email protected], & we can mail some to you as well!
In Case you missed it – Blog: Refuse to be a Victim (Guest Blog)
This is a guest post by Desi Bergman, NotMeSD Project Manager.
As of July 2022, the San Diego Union Tribune reported that the current response time to a Priority One police emergency call in San Diego County is 40 minutes. That’s right, 40 minutes! This means if you are being domestically abused, if your life is threatened, if your child goes missing, or if someone commits a home invasion or home robbery, the police will arrive approximately 40 minutes later. In these examples of Priority One calls, a lot can happen in 5 minutes, let alone 40 minutes waiting for the police to arrive.
Gun Owners Radio: Learn How to Shoot at Home with Fortified Measures
Are you confident with your home defense plan? Sometimes it’s difficult figuring out how to apply the lessons learned at the range in your home. Perry Yee founded Fortified Measures to solve that problem.
In this Episode:
1- Destined to fail: SB 918
2 – Firearm Training at Home with Fortified Defense
3 -Danielle Mills for Newport-Mesa School Board
4 – PROVEN: ATF is a predatory agency
5 – Alisha’s favorite ear protection
6 – Navy Seal’s Scariest Story
7 – What kind of guns are banned at the Republican & Democratic National Conventions?
Are you a member yet? We need help here in Orange County. It’s election season, and you can bet OCGO is working hard to be your Second Amendment voice. However, we cannot do it alone! Join today by clicking the link above and become a 2A Advocate!
Stay Connected
Paid for by Orange County Gun Owners Political Action Committee (FPPC ID # 1397127), 960 N Tustin St #339, Orange, CA 92867, U.S.A., (657) 223-4047
.jpg?upscale=true&width=400&upscale=true&name=Untitled%20design%20(9).jpg)
.png?upscale=true&width=400&upscale=true&name=Screenshot%202022-05-19%20163530%20(1).png)
