Scott7891
Love those Combloc guns
A lot of posters made good points so I thought I would condense them and add my own:
1) One party supermajority = corruption unabated with no one to challenge them
2) Urban/suburban sprawl in a small state
3) Ignorance of firearm use because of population density (can't shoot in your backyard on less than a half acre), complacency (the police will protect me), fear (ignorance and fear of the other guy), culture/education (only unsophisticated rednecks/Republicans have guns),media/indoctrination (only cops and bad guys have guns)
4) D.C. elitism and culture, a unique animal all in itself. Growing up in Moco I have experienced this first hand and it has spread to Moco which is one of the reasons why it is what it is.
5) Bubbles of "it isn't going to affect me in my little world" because of gentrification
6) Yuppies
7) Limousine liberals galore
8) Government reliance
9) Urban crime culture
10) Wants to mimick New York City, Boston, and other uber-liberal cities of the Northeast trying to outdo them in the name of "progress".
11) Bread and circuses (I.e. as long as I have my car, cell phone, booze, and sports/ TV/etc. IDGAF what happens)
12) Not everyone is a gun person, in to guns, or collects them. Since people around here in Moco in general are very selfish therefore they don't care about guns being controlled because it doesn't directly affect them.
1) One party supermajority = corruption unabated with no one to challenge them
2) Urban/suburban sprawl in a small state
3) Ignorance of firearm use because of population density (can't shoot in your backyard on less than a half acre), complacency (the police will protect me), fear (ignorance and fear of the other guy), culture/education (only unsophisticated rednecks/Republicans have guns),media/indoctrination (only cops and bad guys have guns)
4) D.C. elitism and culture, a unique animal all in itself. Growing up in Moco I have experienced this first hand and it has spread to Moco which is one of the reasons why it is what it is.
5) Bubbles of "it isn't going to affect me in my little world" because of gentrification
6) Yuppies
7) Limousine liberals galore
8) Government reliance
9) Urban crime culture
10) Wants to mimick New York City, Boston, and other uber-liberal cities of the Northeast trying to outdo them in the name of "progress".
11) Bread and circuses (I.e. as long as I have my car, cell phone, booze, and sports/ TV/etc. IDGAF what happens)
12) Not everyone is a gun person, in to guns, or collects them. Since people around here in Moco in general are very selfish therefore they don't care about guns being controlled because it doesn't directly affect them.
THIS!!!...is what I think. Nearly every state has similar issues. For example, the DC suburbs of Va tend to vote both liberal (nanny state) and anti-gun...just like Maryland's liberal DC suburbs. The difference? Maryland is small enough geographically that these jurisdictions (plus Baltimore City) basically outweigh the remaining 19 jurisdictions while Virginia is a large state with large rural areas and small towns. LAst stat I read was that PG, MOCo and Balt City account for something like 46% of the population. Since they vote 65, 70, up to 80% for liberal democrats, the vote in the remaining areas are overwhelmed since their votes are more closely split. By the way, I have talked to quite a few people from Europe and guess what? People who live in the countryside in mosty of those countries tend to view gun control and other issues associated with Conservativism more similar to our 'country people'. Not always, but pretty often.
