No country for Liberal gun owners?

[Le Jacquelope]

I would join the NRA, but I don't want my money funneled toward people like John McCain.

I'd rather my money go toward fighting for/against gun laws, not candidates.

How many other liberals out there own guns, and how do you cope with the left wing's anti-gun bias?

 

[cloudy]

*raises hand*

I just do my best to try and educate people. Most that are against guns simply are unfamiliar with the realities of guns/gun control laws. Education is really all we can do.

That, and continue to demonstrate that we're not all scary rednecks.

 

[Safe_Bet]

Amy and I each own a Mini Glock, so count us in.

 

[DeeZire]

I'm a liberal gun owner, but I really think we need to get serious about gun shows. It is estimated that most of the guns being used in Mexico for the drug wars are imported from gun shows staged right here in Arizona. The same can be said for most of the illegal guns used by criminals.

I don't see a liberal anti-gun bias, I see a desire to keep illegal guns out of the hands of criminals. There is a difference. Claiming there is a liberal anti-gun bias is just as counter-productive and divisive as claiming liberals promote socialism. We need to tone down the rhetoric and find common ground so we can make progress towards finding solutions to the problem of gun violence that plagues this country.

 

[SeaCat]

I don't know if I would classify as a Liberal Gun Owner.

I am a gun owner though.

I don't believe in many of the stances the NRA have, and yet I don't believe in the regulation of Firearms.

I believe in the licensing of Firearms Owners, (within limits) while I don't believe in the registration of firearms.

I believe in the enforcement of the laws on the books and not the creation of new laws.

Cat

 

[john-the-author]

I'm a liberal gun owner, but I really think we need to get serious about gun shows. It is estimated that most of the guns being used in Mexico for the drug wars are imported from gun shows staged right here in Arizona. The same can be said for most of the illegal guns used by criminals.

I don't see a liberal anti-gun bias, I see a desire to keep illegal guns out of the hands of criminals. There is a difference. Claiming there is a liberal anti-gun bias is just as counter-productive and divisive as claiming liberals promote socialism. We need to tone down the rhetoric and find common ground so we can make progress towards finding solutions to the problem of gun violence that plagues this country.

Dad's been a gunsmith as a hobby all his life (and a truly amazing one; he gets called on to restore museum pieces), so I've grown up around lots of guns. I've done shooting myself for years (though not recently). I'm not as worried about gun violence by criminals as I am about accidental or impulse shootings. I've had had neighbors who lost a child to an accidental shooting. My stepmother, the retired major metro chief of police, has had to deal with this in her line of work within her officers even--people who we'd hope would keep their guns locked up better. (She has guns in her house within easy access, herself, but she lives by herself.)

I don't know what the solution is, but having lots of guns out there is not the right idea. I would love to see people pass a psych test to get a carry permit.

 

[Le Jacquelope]

I'm a liberal gun owner, but I really think we need to get serious about gun shows. It is estimated that most of the guns being used in Mexico for the drug wars are imported from gun shows staged right here in Arizona. The same can be said for most of the illegal guns used by criminals.

I don't see a liberal anti-gun bias, I see a desire to keep illegal guns out of the hands of criminals. There is a difference. Claiming there is a liberal anti-gun bias is just as counter-productive and divisive as claiming liberals promote socialism. We need to tone down the rhetoric and find common ground so we can make progress towards finding solutions to the problem of gun violence that plagues this country.

Well, I'm deeply at odds with certain liberal things like waiting periods, and gun registration.

Waiting periods = hunting license for enraged ex husbands.
Gun registration = Government knows exactly who to go after first... like in Nazi Germany.

 

[SEVERUSMAX]

Well, I'm deeply at odds with certain liberal things like waiting periods, and gun registration.

Waiting periods = hunting license for enraged ex husbands. or ex-wives
Gun registration = Government knows exactly who to go after first... like in Nazi Germany.

Well, I'm not a liberal, but I'm not a McCain supporter, either. I have been in the NRA before, and I have thought about rejoining (my membership expired, I didn't quit in protest or anything). But I don't like that they automatically endorse Republicans for office, rather than look at Libertarians and pro-gun Democrats as well.

Seriously, though. A guy could get killed during the waiting period. Reason enough not to have one, not even counting the 2nd Amendment.

I don't mind the Instachek system, provided that it doesn't use anti-gun criteria for barring purchases.

I believe in the absolute right to own personal firearms. If you want to own a nuke, that's not covered.

I totally agree with Jac about registration. It's an excuse to let Big Brother to know what guns you have. It's like my view of the 1040 and fiscal privacy. It's not Uncle Sam's business how much you make or what guns you own.

As for gun shows, they're a great thing. I've been to them before. It's a great way to find what the damn Feds want to keep out of private citizen hands. And the more the Feds don't want me to have them, the more reason I see to have said weapons. Because I don't trust the Feds on guns. Especially not after Waco and Ruby Ridge.

 

[Kitschshaman]

I would join the NRA, but I don't want my money funneled toward people like John McCain.

I'd rather my money go toward fighting for/against gun laws, not candidates.

How many other liberals out there own guns, and how do you cope with the left wing's anti-gun bias?

Liberal gun owner?.. you betcha, skippy. And it's difficult to explain my position to folks who are dyed-in-the-wool either liberal or conservative.

The gay marriage amendment is bad on sooooo many levels (including the separation of church and state, let alone the concept of the government trying to tell anyone they must pick their life-mates from the half of the population they don't find attractive), we need to be truly conservative with regard to our natural resources and there must be some controls on corporate greed (Let run wild, it lands us in the present economic troubles we are in as well as the last depression).

Yet I am dead set against NAFTA (our jobs did flee to mexico, as Ross Perot predicted, especially textile mills in my home state) which is a Democratic/Clinton thing, and every person deserves the right to be at least as well armed as criminals they may be facing.

We should be addressing the root causes of crime, not the particular weapons that are used. Did we control fertilizer and diesel fuel (the main bomb components) after Oklahoma City which killed 140 people? Gun control legislation to control crime is predicated on the concept that criminals obey laws. Hence, the only guns that are 'controlled' are the ones that are in the hands of folks already obeying the law, the good guys.

I know I'm preaching to the choir here. And as to your question, it's the hardest thing I do, every election cycle, to balance between politicians I detest vs the ones I cannot abide. Ya just do the best you can.