i get and have a lot of sympathy for people who hate guns and wish we didn't have any but i have nothing but disgust for someone who decides "migrants and trans people can go fuck themselves but i will never stop tilting at the windmill of banning AR15s"
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There are a lot of gun control measures other than "Ban outright"
I also don't and never have supported banning all guns. But I'm sick of watching school shootings, and the armed resistance to fascism just isn't fucking materializing.
Prove me wrong, please! I'm not being sarcastic, kill the fascists before they can bomb me and my family. I will *happily* change my stance on the AR 15.
What if your voters put you in office for that very purpose?
WTF are you talking about?
I'm talking about AR15 bans.
JFC dude.
"moving right on trans" = #unforgivable (& stupid AF)
But I don't see how moving right on guns helps, given polling.
Own it with your full chest that you are a single issue voter and do not fucking care about anyone else. Own it that you think everything will turn out fine even though trans kids are getting thrown under the bus.
Fucking OWN IT.
It is just gross to me what a number of people consider negotiable and non negotiable
Got it. But I'll still cut Sen. Chris Murphy all the effing slack in the universe.
Until and unless he cuts that kind of shit out, he deserves no slack.
They view politics as a "gotcha game" and will happily fuck over anyone's rights to "win the game"
And it's the exact reason for an "under NO pretext" stance.
It was the rightwinger's who have been utterly OBSESSED with our existence since they lost the fight over gay marriage.
They've spent BILLIONS on fearmongering & hate and the ONLY reason they've gained so much ground is because of Dems HALFASSED CAPITULATION
"the racists will just give up on oppressing black people if uppity blacks would just shut up and sit at the back of the bus"~YOU circa 1955
You do NOT capitulate to fascists.
And this leads to serious problems when the party can't distinguish a tactic from a strategy.
I wonder if it's going to result in a "Bipartisan Bill" they can all pat each other on the ass over.
The dynamics of social media tend to make people adopt black and white stances and become raging assholes about it.
But, hey, donate now to put us back in charge so we’ll really, really codify Roe this time.
Until they lose again and new guy blocks through an EO
Whether or not they're just picking it as their favorite excuse and shift the goalposts if Dems promised a gun in every hand..
My take: arm minorities.
Are you wanting to start to carry? Is it going to be sitting on the nightstand ready to go? Gun in one safe ammo in a different one? Realistically how much will you train range time with it. Lots of choices depending on the purpose
A handgun (glock or variant based on glock)
And a rifle (ar15 in 5.56nato for max options)
Get a good light and optics for both.
And seek out training both with firearms AND StopTheBleed courses.
Stay safe Stay Dangerous💜
Gun control as a policy is politically "cheap". You can push for it without brushing against any of the more fundamental economic interests
All types of rifles combined make up about 4% of all murders.
If they’re willing to start a culture war about ~4% of one thing, they’re willing to join a culture war about ~4% of another thing.
If stopping Palestinian genocide is too inconvenient…well you know.
Go far enough left and you get all the guns back.
Community defense is self defense. :)
But the likelihood of rich Dems wanting to arm the working class is approximately fourth of never so it works more as a thought exercise.
2. The NRA is basically cucked but still no meaningful movement forward by dems
3. Dogmatic inertia to any changes in strategy or priorities