Well here is where I start up a lively discussion sure to set some liberals hair on fire. All from a concerned citizen worried about a #trump presidency.
I am and have always been a left of center voter. After George the 2nd let Dick Cheney play president I swore to never again vote for a republican.
I have always supported the rights of people over business. Kindness and help for the poor, sick and old. I will not waver in that support. I am willing to raise my taxes a little to help cover those goals.
I am sure that sounds all liberal and nice. What most people on this site believe or you would not be here. Now here is where I stir the pot. In mere seconds many of you will be screaming at your PCs that I am a flaming conservative.
I am a staunch believer in the 2nd amendment. I believe in the right to carry concealed. I believe in gun control but not banning. While I do NOT hunt. I have no problem with those who hunt legally. I enjoy going to a gun range and making holes in a piece of paper. Kind of like making a hole in one in golf. It can be a surprisingly Zen experience
I believe in background checks and keeping the mentally ill, convicted criminals, no fly list people etc... from buying any weapons. I think banning assault rifles is a parlor trick as you can get many types of non assault style rifles that use the same size and type of ammunition and do the same damage.
But my biggest reason for owning a gun is self protection and the ability to protect my family and any person I might come across that needs help. That does not mean I want to shoot anyone. I would hope the sight of an armed person able to defend themselves and others would make a criminal back off. If not then I hope my shots would be on target and I could help an otherwise helpless person.
I am 60+ with a bad heart. I can not fight nor can I run. But I damn sure do not want to be a victim with no way to defend myself. This is from a logical view of a gun being an equalizer between the tough and hardened 240 pound criminal and a citizen in need of protection.
I went to a gun show this weekend. It is a good place to gauge the temperament of primarily republican citizens. Boy was the hate on display. Bumper stickers wanting Hillary in jail. Pro Trump signs with stupid quotes. T shirts declaring the wearer is a Proud Deplorable.( I wish she had never said that.)
But most of all I don't want republicans to be the only ones who are armed. That scares me the most of all. In a world like that we would become the victims of our own foolishness. Subjects of a Dictator. Dictators don't like armed citizens. It is the first freedom they curtail. This is the only subject where I agree with republicans.
OK tear me up.