civil rights for kids

Over the summer, my organization discussed strategies on how to push our progressive agenda so much that I started to wonder to what extent the right organizes its troops. One way to win the ideological wars is to indoctrinate the young, which the NRA knows all too well:

Description, Prizes & Deadline: The NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund(NRACRDF) is once again sponsoring an essay contest celebrating the Second Amendment as an integral part of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The theme for the essay is “The Second Amendment to the Constitution: Why it is important to our nation.”

Essays will be judged in two categories: Senior (grades 10-12) and Junior (grades K through nine), with separate prizes awarded to the winners in each category. First prizes are $1,000 in U.S. Savings Bonds; second prizes, $600 in Savings Bonds; third prizes $200 in Savings Bonds; and honorable mention, $100 in Savings Bonds.

The entry deadline for this contest is December 1, 2005. Essay contest winners will be selected by the NRACRDF and notified not later than January 31, 2006. Winners will have their names published in InSights, and one of the Official Journals.

Yes, that's right: your kindergartener, first grader, second grader, and so on may win a cash prize for his or her illuminating essay on the right to bear freakin' arms. I'm reserving my February edition of Insights today!