Any Liberal Gun Lovers on here?

[SamCooke]

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[YOY]

1. Actually if you go the guns topic board it's always lively.

We call it the "gudgeon" as firearm topics usually get sent there to prevent flame wars.

[NYC_SKP]

2. Yes.

And nuclear power advocates, too.

Some excellent discussions in these topic forums...

The Gun Forum: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=118

The Energy and Environment Forum: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=115

:patriot:

[SamCooke]

5. Oh my, thank you. I've found heaven.

[NYC_SKP]

21. You're welcome!

Surprising, isn't it?

And refreshing!

:toast:

[RufusTFirefly]

3. Oxymoron, but here's the link

Blam-blam!

[SteveM]

39. Many, many liberals and progressives keep and bear arms. Hard fact (nt)

[rwheeler31]

4. Can't you find something warm to love?

[sam sarrha]

6. love is a Warm Gun....

:pals:

[backwoodsbob]

45. yep yep

wife bought me a new 1900 fps pellet gun.

damned thing hits as hard as my .17

thinking I may try to plink a deer with it..with a backup .243

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

46. 1900 fps? holy crap!!

[tularetom]

7. I like liberal guns as well as any other kind

[uppityperson]

8. I only like middle of the road guns to love

[rpannier]

9. Liberal Gun Lover...No

Liberal Gun Right's Supporter -- Yes

I don't own any guns

[LadyHawkAZ]

10. Gun owner

x3

Not really a lover of them though. I don't love my shovel either, but it's a useful tool.

[Greyhound]

11. Wouldn't go so far as to say "lover", but I enjoy them. n/t

[1]

12. me...

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My bullet can reach...

[ShortnFiery]

13. Present. But I only have shotguns and rifles that my father has willed to me.

I was the youngest by 13 years and dad would take me out shooting clay pigeons and, with my older brothers, to hunt pheasant. I didn't care much about the shotguns because, as hard as I tried to secure it, it would kick and give me a nice bruise.

Every other year or so, dad commented to my mom that he wanted to get a new rifle FOR ME. :wtf: She knew it was for him but it was a game we played so he could add to his collection. I miss those days. ;)

[SteveM]

40. Yeah, like buying a record album... for my folks, of course!...

My Dad bought me a new shotgun in 1961 just for me. I found out, some 40 years later after unscrewing the butt plate, that he had written my name into the wood. I understand.

[Statistical]

14. First American "gun lover"

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.
--- Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 1796

[Lint Head]

15. I think the words gun and love are mutually exclusive.

Loving an object is idiotic. Now, fondness for your automatic may be the expression to use.
:smoke:

[Vincardog]

16. Proud Liberal gun owner here

[ZombieHorde]

17. I love virtual guns, but I am indifferent to real guns. nt

[Historic NY]

18. I own quite a few long & hanguns but I not a gun nut or in love with them..

I rarely carry one even thou I have a CC for several states. Perhaps its from viewing them as a tool for 35 yrs.

[frog92969]

19. Love?

Probably not,
I go months without caressing my SKS.

But if somebody breaks in I'd rather have a gun than a knife.

[Hoopla Phil]

20. I enjoy shooting sports. And not just the kind were an animal has to die.

Small bore silhouette, IPSC, IDPA, high power rifle, slow fire, etc. I also reload for the cost savings and better accuracy.

[DesertFlower]

22. my husband and i own

handguns for personal protection. do i love them? strange question. i like having the right to own one.

[old mark]

23. A lot more than you have been led to expect.

More than I expected, certainly.


mark

[Euromutt]

24. I prefer "enthusiast" myself, or "aficionado"

But yeah, you've found the place. All five of the people who supported Bill Richardson are on here, myself included. (I wrote in Richardson, but only after I was certain Obama would take this state.)

[MichaelHarris]

25. I own a few guns

not sure where they are right now though, haven't seen them in about two years, back of a closet I guess.

[zbdent]

26. Why? Is there legislation being pushed by RWers to make marriage between one man and one .38?

[Euromutt]

27. I think the GOP condones polyhoply

That is, the right to be welded, excuse me, wedded to more than one firearm. Indeed, it's probably a duty: one 1911, one Remington 870 and one AR-15 at least.

[Xela]

28. Armed Pacifist Liberal here...

Welcome aboard.

There's a lot more of us out there than you probably imagined.

Many links and info can be found through the following:
http://www.americangunculturereport.com/
http://guntards.net/
http://progunprogressive.com/
http://www.progunprogressive.com/phpBB2/
http://a2dems.net/
http://blogs.myspace.com/a2dems
http://theliberalgunclub.com/

Kind regards,

Xela

[proteus_lives]

29. Right Here!

:fistbump:

[423aaron]

30. I would like to know just what qualifies as "liberal".

Amongst liberal gun owners. What about you makes you liberal?

(Yes I'm struggling to see just where I fit.)

[appal_jack]

31. I use 'liberal' in its 'expansive' context

I consider myself a liberal American, and seek to exercise my fundamental rights liberally. Fortunately, the US Constitution is itself a liberal document, enumerating and enshrining these rights, so that all we citizens must do is be watchful and active in protecting them.

When it comes to the First Amendment and the fundamental freedoms of speech and religion, I support all peaceable assemblies and petitions to redress grievances. I support Code Pink's efforts to raise awareness on the costs of our nation's wars, and the public-health plan's advocates' efforts to reach Baucus in his staged 'hearings.' Twenty years ago this month, I was one of the high school students protesting in solidarity with China's fledgling student democracy forces and against the Tiananmen Square crackdown. I similarly work on behalf of the separation between church & state, even as I am careful to never let this work become a barrier to any individual's free expression of their own spirituality.

When it comes to the Second Amendment, I am similarly 'liberal.' The Founding Fathers intended us citizens to be free to keep and bear arms. I do own a few, and use them for target shooting and other legal purposes. I also support efforts to reduce barriers to the exercise of this right.

I could keep going down the list, but hopefully you get the idea: liberalism = expansive about our liberties, with a social conscience besides (thus distinguishing itself from libertarianism). Fourth Amendment? I support an expansive notion of our right to be secure in our persons and properties from unreasonable search & seizure. Fourteenth Amendment? I am liberal about the need for equal protection.

Liberalism and a vigorous support of the RKBA are a natural fit.

-app

[423aaron]

33. Though it would cause conservitavs a stroke..

I have often thought that the founders were actually the more liberal of the people. They wanted change. The Tories wanted things to stay the same.

It seems that societies are usually broken down into 1/3rds. 1/3 liberal, 1/3 conservative, and 1/3 who do not care.

It seems this proportion may be necessary to keep us from just running off and blowing ourselves up or stagnating.

...

[safeinOhio]

44. Liberalism and support of RKBA do not fit in with

the NRA. Ronald Reagan and Dick Cheney are Gods to them.

[SteveM]

42. Well, not to get into a pissing contest, look at other issues as well...

Reproductive rights? For
Guaranteed health care? For
Gay rights/marriage? For
Strong carbon emission standards? For
Expansion of public lands? For
Strong regulation of banks/lending institutions? For

...How am I doing, so far?...

Legalization/reasonable regulation of drugs? For
End of military policy of pre-emption? For
Return to fair taxing policies? For
Strong support for the Second Amendment? For
Unitary presidency? No

There are more. I showed you mine. Now, let's see yours.

[livetoride]

32. Count me

in the Liberal gun owner / lover camp..

[Caliman73]

34. Liberal here...gun lover, no. Owner yes.

I also see firearms as tools and I have respect for their destructive capabilities. I see no oxymoron between being liberal and owning firearms.

[ak6903]

35. Yup

I have my carry permit

[Ken Burch]

36. How do you tell if a gun is Liberal?

n/t.

[X_Digger]

37. Isn't picky about ammo? heh. n/t

[SteveM]

43. Yeah, someone brought up .38s (nt)

[gorfle]

38. Yup!

As one of the folks late to the party (I voted Republican until 2006) I often feel I'm not "liberal enough" around here but nonetheless, I am a firearm owner who is pro-environment, anti-corporatism, anti-war, anti-Patriot Act, anti-domestic-surveillance, anti-war-on-terror, anti-enemy-combatant-status, anti-war-on-drugs, pro-health-care, and pro-choice.

Consequently I vote for Democrats.

[SteveM]

41. Being from the South, "gun lover" has a negative ring to it, as in...

"N_____ lover." People tend to forget those bad ol' days. I cringe a little when I hear "Saturday night special," another racially-inspired expression.