As a former member of The ARRL,
It is - in my opinion, a total waste of money to even think of trying to defend a bunch of morons that moved into a place that does not allow any sort of antenna and try to force down their throats - to give permission to any idiot that can pass a 35 question multiple guess test, the right to erect antenna structures on their property!

If where you live does not permit antennas, then move, or don't move into the place in the first place!

A real ham wouldn't move into a place that does not allow antennas.

Most people that calls themselves hams, doesn't really have any ham radio equipment to begin with.

Most of the older hams with equipment are more like the wizard from The Wizard Of Oz,. Loudmouth stupid *******s with their amplifiers and their big name radios that spatters all over the place. The amplifier - is hard wired to the light switch in the room they call a ham shack.
They believe that unless they run a couple of thousand watts, no one will hear them!

We don't need any more morons, we already have enough of those.
What we do need is some knowledgeable people that can act like Elmers and a ruling that says that you cannot transmit - even with a license, unless you first find an approved Elmer, and The Elmer teaches you how to operate properly.

This would exclude more than 50% of the people already on the air.
Just listen 5 minutes before a net and all during a net to all the tuner uppers on frequency! Those people should have their licenses revoked and their asses spanked and should never be allowed to operate again on amateur radio.

It's not bad enough that they do it, but it is even worse when they do it and then never identify! Not a one of them asks - is the frequency in use, before they tune up, and not a one of them reduces their transmit power when they tune up, and not a one of them identifies after they tune up!

Why the **** would I want to support this type of behavior?

I have my own station, 100 watts, and a resonant dipole..
It irks me to have these very same people on the same bands as I am on.
How could I ever endorse them as being " Real Hams ".

Why would I want the ARRL to waste valuable resources, on campaigning the United States Government, when these very same people they are representing are no where to be found when there is a SET, Field Days, or any other emergency exercise.

**** Em! send them back to the CB radio!