Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a DKos group of second amendment supporters who also have progressive and liberal values. We don't think that being a liberal means one has to be anti-gun. Some of us are extreme in our second amendment views (no licensing, no restrictions on small arms) and some of us are more moderate (licensing, restrictions on small arms.) Moderate or extreme or somewhere in between, we hold one common belief: more gun control equals lost elections. We don't want a repeat of 1994. We are an inclusive group: if you see the Second Amendment as safeguarding our right to keep and bear arms individually, then come join us in our conversation. If you are against the right to keep and bear arms, come join our conversation. We look forward to seeing you, as long as you engage in a civil discussion. If you're just here to disrupt or troll, expect to get a Do Not Respond (DNR) comment and then be ignored. Insults, lies, and willful ignorance will be dealt with by normal community moderation. Disagreement by itself is not considered trolling.
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Today's Open Thread is very short:
Doesn't strike me that way at all. (4+ / 0-)
It strikes me more as an invitation, to those who contemplate guns with fear, to see and learn how guns can fit into the lives of people who don't happen to be criminals or "nuts."
When you're in a class of people whose rights are threatened by a well-intentioned group or groups who have no familiarity with your life and needs but instead seem to stereotype you and view you with condescension, a reasonable response is to try to communicate, to try to give those folks a view of who you are and what you do.
If you favor stricter gun laws, wouldn't it be better to arrive at your personal point of view with a good sense of who gun owners are, rather than a narrow and stereotypical view? Maybe in the end you would decide that the benefits you seek are worth the harm they would cause to real people. It's the nature of policy to weigh the benefits to one group against those to another. But isn't that better than disrespecting, and writing off, a whole swath of people?
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by political mutt on Sat Aug 27, 2011 at 11:26:54 AM CDT
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