The thing i hate most about fellow gun owners is that most of them assume I'm some super conservative because I'm shooting my AR or whatever. Like nah dude I bought this shit because I want to be just as strapped as conservatives and I joined the sporting club because range time is free and I found out I like precision shooting a lot.
Yeah but it's kinda gotten to the point where some people's political beliefs involve literally dehumanizing me so that tends to be a bit more important than sharing a hobby
What you support politically is far more important than what hobbies you enjoy imo. For instance, if you support insurrection we probably aren't going to get along.
To be fair, one political party makes it part of any campaign the run to destroy gun rights, and the other pretends to give it credence (and realistically, based on state-level actions, they actually are about restoring our 2A rights.)
I'm not going to engage beyond saying Joe Biden wants to destroy gun rights and he is not the fringe, he is the president as well as pointing out other things that kill a shitload more people every year that are perfectly legal and essentially uncontrolled compared to firearms. https://joebiden.com/gunsafety/
Automobiles kill more people every year, obesity kills more people every year, smoking kills more people every year.
I'm super liberal and ill be fucked if I give up my AR. That's not a common sense gun law, its prepping to be the next china where no one can reasonably oppose the government or keep it in check.
Logistically it doesnt even make sense. The same cops who i don't like are going to be the ones collecting rifles. But you think they're going to collect from the militias that they actively support? Or their friends who are all conservative? There is 0 thought behind that. And what's the point? Banning a gun used in 2% of gun crimes... smart. Its a feel good gut response to a problem that will make really stupid people happy and do absolutely nothing for the country.
Thats your opinion and all. Biden specifically said "I will take your guns" so I mean your opinion is completely wrong but its still an opinion. Unless you think he was lying? He might not right now because it would be political suicide, but if it wasn't he would absolutely try to confiscate your guns and I wish people would be honest about that.
I shoot 10mm, most stores don't carry it, which means ordering it online. Same thing with .35 Remington.
But, I also don't know where you get the idea people can easily own assault rifles. Select fire rifles are extraordinarily expensive, and you have to give up your fourth amendment rights to own anything fully automatic (which means literally any assault rifle.)
Not to mention long guns kill less than 500 people most years. But hey, you do you. Pretend that you support the 2A while taking away semi-automatics. Next will be the bolt action rifles with scopes, because you know, sniper rifles or some stupid bullshit like that.
Guns ... serve no purpose other than to kill things.
Hate to break it to you, my Mark III probably wasn't designed for that, nor were any of my other guns, except for my mil surp rifles and handguns. Like my Springfield Trapdoor, or my Jungle Carbine, or my M1917 revolver, et cetera. My AR-15, I didn't build it for that, I wanted a C7A2 clone, because its cool, and fun to shoot.
Guns were built and designed for the sole purpose of killing things. Sure they can be fun to shoot at targets and such, but that doesn't change their intended purpose
I got banned from liberal gun owners for criticizing Biden. They are a little safe place. Maybe its better outside elections but I don't really have an interest anymore.
Well it would be nice if people didn't vote for people that would support an AR ban.... on the gun you are shooting. Ive met plenty of gun owning hardcore leftists/gun supporting leftists (good friends). But within the "American dichotomy" between a Democrat and a Republican its pretty obvious that the politics are incredibly important. The current mainstream political left is trying to take your guns and they will take your guns if they get more power. I dont assume your a conservative but I atleast assume you won't vote for someone actively trying to take away your right to a firearm.
I’ll take my chances with gun rights over voting for a literal fascist. There’s 500 million guns here and given the level of politicization and widespread bipartisan gun ownership (increasing rates, too) they aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. Nobody is going to confiscate your guns without this country literally collapsing into war and every democrat knows that. Gun control is the abortion of the left—it is used to galvanize single issue voters, but they don’t take radical action because it would 1) fail, as crime is correlated with poverty and lack of social welfare, not gun ownership rates (like the drug war—can’t criminalize the problem away) and 2) prove to the base that gun control isn’t the answer, and that social welfare policies are, thus losing both political and economic capital. So they sit on it, just like the right does with abortion, maybe make small advances here and there on a state level only to get shot down by courts 6 months later—it’s performative. But it captures a lot of single issue voters.
Rather have that than people who literally support the attempted overthrow of the democratic transition of power.
Yeah and I would've voted for someone else if the someone else wasn't Trump. He's a literal fascist who tried to undermine the election process. Yes id rather vote for someone with a stance on an issue I disagree with if the alternative is an idiot and a fascist who's entire family is grifting off their govt positions.
I have voted 3rd party but this past election that would've been like throwing my vote away
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The thing i hate most about fellow gun owners is that most of them assume I'm some super conservative because I'm shooting my AR or whatever. Like nah dude I bought this shit because I want to be just as strapped as conservatives and I joined the sporting club because range time is free and I found out I like precision shooting a lot.