Change starts at the local level, so don't dismiss local politics. You can't write to them, or vote them out of office, or even impeach them. They decree that you need to be fingerprinted to get a driver's license. They decide that you need 50 hours of supervised training to exercise your right to bear arms. You can't touch these bastards at all.
Masters make rules and give orders.
We are the servants, and soon we'll be slaves. And it gets worse. Professional activism grants moral equivalence to those who defend our rights and those who would enslave us. In public relations and lobbying, the only thing that matters is money. Whether or not you're right is irrelevant.