Why do the same people who claim guns make the life safer ban those same guns from their meetings ?
like Trump is holding a rally at the NRA and guns are banned there... wouldnt it be much safer if everyone in the audiennce carried an AR-15 ?
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sarabee1995 · 26-30, F
Actually, it's not the same people. First, by "people who claim guns make life safer" I presume you mean the NRA. I'm fairly certain, however, that the guns were banned from the audience by the former president's Secret Service protection team. They have no stated opinion on gun rights among the citizenry. They just don't allow guns around their protectees.
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@sarabee1995 Here is an interesting read. I am not her greatest fan but she is a reasonably good writer. https://naomiwolf.substack.com/p/rethinking-the-second-amendment/comments?s=r Give it a read and let me know what you think.
sarabee1995 · 26-30, F
@hippyjoe1955 Just read the first few pages. Don't really have time right now to read the whole thing, but she has me hooked. I'll finish it tonight.
I will say I really do identify with much of her opening comments. Thanks for the link.
I will say I really do identify with much of her opening comments. Thanks for the link.
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
@sarabee1995 read it at your own risk. It raised my blood pressure to dangerous heights. It moves from guns, admitting that she would require learning about safe use and storage, and then morphs into the conspiracy theory that covid was a hoax,(my interpretation of her discussion) . I have been fighting for a requirement for all weapons to be secured, the push back has been enormous.
sarabee1995 · 26-30, F
@hippyjoe1955 Well, Joe, as someone who has read Thomas Paine and Jane Austen, I have never found the syntax and grammar of the Second Amendment to the US Constitution to be confusing or ambiguous. Are you asking for my thoughts on the Right to Keep [b]and Bear[/b] Arms? I long ago posted on the subject here: https://similarworlds.com/144756-I-Believe-In-The-Right-To-Own-A-Gun/2324248-DISCLAIMER-This-story-presents-a-politically-hot
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@sarabee1995 No question about the 2nd amendment. Just curious about what you thought of the article. Not being a woman or a feminist or even a leftist I am curious about your take on what she wrote in her article.
sarabee1995 · 26-30, F
@hippyjoe1955 If you're looking for a female leftist feminist perspective, I'm afraid a can't help you there. I'm not a leftist (every political issues survey I've ever taken places me right of center). And most feminists don't consider me feminist enough for the label. Lastly, I don't really think my gender has much to do with my opinion on the article.
But you want my opinion? Sure...
It was well written, logically laid out, and informative. I don't think I quite believe all the claims she made about the attitudes of her former gun-control friends, or at least the claimed universality of those beliefs.
But you want my opinion? Sure...
It was well written, logically laid out, and informative. I don't think I quite believe all the claims she made about the attitudes of her former gun-control friends, or at least the claimed universality of those beliefs.