Liberals own guns, too

[Smagel]

http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=63197

Comments in the linked thread led me to finally address something that has bothered me since becoming a part of the shooters' community.

I repeatedly see the label "liberal" thrown around as being synonymous with "anti-gun" and, by implication more often than not, "moron."

Yes, most people who identify as liberal also support a narrow interpretation of the Second Amendment, but not all do, so please don't lump us all together.

I hold predominately liberal positions. So what? I also enjoy my guns and the right to keep them. I look forward to when my right to bear them in MD is no longer infringed. However, I often feel unwelcome on this board and others because the term "liberal" gets tossed around as an epithet.

I don't really think of this board as the place for political discussions outside the realm of gun rights, but others often use this issue as an entry point to bash other liberal positions here--inappropriately, I believe. There are plenty of boards to jump up and down about political and social issues and I think those discussions belong there, not here.

On this board, I really don't care about your views on gays, abortion, taxes or anything else, just gun and 2A issues. And those are what my posts here will be about (except for this one, of course).

Education is good. It might be time to reevaluate some broad-brush opinions of liberals re: gun rights.

http://www.theliberalgunclub.com/

http://www.liberalswithguns.com/

http://www.learnaboutguns.com/2008/09/06/gun-rights-fit-in-with-liberal-ideals/

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/02/25/gun-rally.html

 

[matt_b89]

we don't really care about your view of our views. why do you feel the need to dictate what is and isn't appropriate for an entire community thats been established much longer than you've been a member

p.s....i actually had some sympathy towards you until you started saying what is and isn't appropriate on the board

 

[SCARCQB]

 

[rseymorejr]

The problem is that many of the politicians who work tirelessly to infringe on our gun rights proudly call themselves "Liberal".
Maybe you should also complain to them that they are directly working against the interests of their supporters.

 

[tdt91]

when DD214 decides its time for all political discusseions to go away then thats up to him and he would have then made a Libtard happy. I don't think that will happen though. Libtards are the reason we have to fight for our rights in general.

I am a member of many other gun forums but some of them will not allow politics, guess what, I don't go to them anymore. Since you don't like talking about politics here I can give you the names of gun forums that you can go to and still feel good about yourself. How about that, you want the names?

Liberals own guns to but would be the first to hand them over if their Socialist God told them to.

 

[honda53s]

If you stay on this forum long enough, you will realize there are a decent amount of liberals on this forum that do have guns.

 

[marko]

I hear Schmucky Schumer has a CCW permit and he is the most anti-gun member of the Senate. So Liberals are - Hypocrites.


(just razzin' ya)

 

[Streetgang]

Interesting...a liberal telling us how we should behave. One of most centrist and conservatives main complaints about libs. Very liberal of you.

 

[Smagel]

Matt - I'm not dictating anything. I'm expressing an opinion. The inability to tolerate the opinion of others is exactly what my post is about.

Rsey - I do.

Tdt - If those other forums focus on MD, sure. And your last sentence is very ill informed.

Street - Not telling you how to behave. Just asking for some consideration.

 

[Tootall]

when you go into someones new house for the first time, do you immediately take a dump in the middle of their living room floor?

If the answer is no then don't do that here.

If the answers yes well then we understand why... your a liberal

 

[SCARCQB]

when you go into someones new house for the first time, do you immediately take a dump in the middle of their living room floor?

If the answer is no then don't do that here.

If the answers yes well then we understand why... your a liberal

That is some funny stuff there

 

[guthook]

Here's the Liberal Gunner website where we go when we get tired of the bashing. You'll fit right in.



























Just piling on because I'm drinking.

 

[Tootall]

Here's the Liberal Gunner website where we go when we get tired of the bashing. You'll fit right in.


























Just piling on because I'm drinking.

 

[fivepointstar]

Here's the Liberal Gunner website where we go when we get tired of the bashing. You'll fit right in.






Just piling on because I'm drinking.

HOLY CRAP!!!! this has Clandestine written all over it

 

[tdt91]

Matt - I'm not dictating anything. I'm expressing an opinion. The inability to tolerate the opinion of others is exactly what my post is about.

Rsey - I do.

Tdt - If those other forums focus on MD, sure. And your last sentence is very ill informed.

Street - Not telling you how to behave. Just asking for some consideration.

Like you, I'm expressing my opinion while I still can in this country.
And if you just want a gun forum that pertains to MD then only go to the MD page and don't look or post elsewhere. The problem is though that you will prolly find guys bashing libtards there as well because it's libtards that are causing all of the problems we have.

 

[HardHatMan]

This.

In for the shitstorm.

 

[rob]

Great, you're liberal and you support the 2nd amendment.

What about the rest of the constitution?

 

[HardHatMan]

The problem is that many of the politicians who work tirelessly to infringe on our gun rights proudly call themselves "Liberal".
Maybe you should also complain to them that they are directly working against the interests of their supporters.

Exactly! The left is the predominate party of gun control. They usually aren't seen in a good light by gun owners.

 

[ozwyn]

http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=63197

Comments in the linked thread led me to finally address something that has bothered me since becoming a part of the shooters' community.

I repeatedly see the label "liberal" thrown around as being synonymous with "anti-gun" and, by implication more often than not, "moron."

Yes, most people who identify as liberal also support a narrow interpretation of the Second Amendment, but not all do, so please don't lump us all together.

I hold predominately liberal positions. So what? I also enjoy my guns and the right to keep them. I look forward to when my right to bear them in MD is no longer infringed. However, I often feel unwelcome on this board and others because the term "liberal" gets tossed around as an epithet.

I don't really think of this board as the place for political discussions outside the realm of gun rights, but others often use this issue as an entry point to bash other liberal positions here--inappropriately, I believe. There are plenty of boards to jump up and down about political and social issues and I think those discussions belong there, not here.

On this board, I really don't care about your views on gays, abortion, taxes or anything else, just gun and 2A issues. And those are what my posts here will be about (except for this one, of course).

Education is good. It might be time to reevaluate some broad-brush opinions of liberals re: gun rights.

http://www.theliberalgunclub.com/

http://www.liberalswithguns.com/

http://www.learnaboutguns.com/2008/09/06/gun-rights-fit-in-with-liberal-ideals/

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/02/25/gun-rally.html

Here's the real question - are you a "modern" liberal, or a classic liberal?

Classic liberals these days are more often referred to as Libertarians. That's an entirely different animal from the modern liberal, and there is no shortage of libertarians on the boards in some form.

If you think individual rights should trump government, you're probably a classic liberal. If you think government IS the answer to many problems, but for some reason like guns, you're a modern liberal. Beware your fellow modern liberals who may elect to have you sent off to re-education.

If you think the more power ANY government has, the less likely it is to use it responsibly, you may be a Jefferson Liberal. (who talked a lot about small government but then went and did the Louisiana purchase, proving that even moderation needs some moderation)

... and i could be completely wrong on my assessments, but that's my cheesy .02 on the issue

 

[GNLaFrance]

The Classic Liberal is one of my "go to at least once a day" sites. IMO, some examples of "classic" liberals would be most of the Founding Fathers.