By Chris McNutt
Let’s get one thing straight.
We don’t win by begging politicians.
We win by forcing them to act.
For too long, well-meaning conservatives have believed that politics is about education — that if we just “explain the Second Amendment better,” or “get the facts out there,” politicians will suddenly respect our rights.
That’s a lie.
Politics isn’t about education. Politics is about power.
And power only shifts when the people who hold office are forced to choose between betraying gun owners or losing their jobs.
That’s the strategy Texas Gun Rights lives and breathes — the no-compromise model that drives every campaign we launch, every survey we send, and every political battle we fight.
1. Politicians respond to pressure — not logic.
When the legislature’s in session, politicians aren’t sitting around reading law review articles about the Second Amendment. They’re counting votes, donors, and headlines.
So we don’t waste time “educating” them.
We pressure them — relentlessly, publicly, and by name — until they side with gun owners because the alternative is too painful.
If they think they can vote against us quietly, we make sure every gun owner in their district knows about it.
If they think they can hide behind flowery speeches and bloated NRA ratings (that are handed out to Republican incumbents like candy), we force them to take real, on-the-record votes.
2. Public accountability is non-negotiable.
At Texas Gun Rights, there are no back-room deals, no handshake promises, and no secret “we’ll get to it next session” excuses.
We demand every politician go on the record — in writing — with a clear, yes-or-no answer to our Candidate Survey.
Because gun owners deserve to know where their lawmakers stand before it’s too late.
When politicians refuse to answer, that tells us everything we need to know. Silence is surrender.
3. The media isn’t our audience. The politicians are.
We don’t beg for approval from the media. The media hates freedom, and they’ll always side with the gun-control crowd.
In fact, Michael Bloomberg spends millions training the media to use his gun control talking points and data!
So our job isn’t to convince reporters. It’s to mobilize gun owners and rattle politicians until they do the right thing out of self-interest — not enlightenment.
That’s how real power works in Austin and Washington alike.
4. Change happens at the margins.
The biggest gun-rights victories in America didn’t come from “reasonable compromise.”
They came because activists forced politicians into a corner and didn’t blink.
When the political cost of opposing freedom outweighs the cost of defending it — that’s when laws change.
Our mission is to make betrayal of gun owners politically impossible.
That’s why we hammer on floor votes, why we name names, and why we refuse to “tone it down” just to make insiders comfortable.
You don’t win by being polite to tyrants. You win by making them fear the grassroots more than they fear the media.
5. No Compromise — EVER.
Compromise is how we got red-flag laws, waiting periods, and “gun-free zones” that disarm the innocent and empower criminals.
Every inch we give is an inch we’ll have to fight to take back.
That’s why Texas Gun Rights will never apologize for being aggressive, loud, or politically incorrect.
Because we know who the real enemy is: the bureaucrats and politicians — from both parties — who chip away at our freedoms and tell us it’s for our own good.
Our message to them is simple: we’re not here to educate you. We’re here to hold you accountable.
This is the model Texas Gun Rights operates under — the model that works.
We don’t beg. We don’t bargain.
We fight.
We expose.
And we never, ever compromise.
Because freedom doesn’t defend itself.
But to keep up this fight — to expose backroom deals, pressure weak politicians, and hold the line for gun owners — we need your help.
Every alert we send, every billboard we post, and every ad we run costs real money.
And unlike the D.C. establishment, we don’t have billionaire donors or corporate PACs footing the bill.
We’ve only got you.
So if you believe in this no-compromise fight for the Second Amendment…
If you’re tired of watching spineless politicians sell you out to Biden and the gun-control lobby…
Then I’m asking you — right now — to step up and chip in whatever you can to fuel this grassroots war for freedom.
Because the Second Amendment won’t survive on hope alone.
It survives when patriots like you stand up and put skin in the game.
