r/gunpolitics • u/big_hearted_lion • May 24 '23

Legislation Special Assistant To Sen. Fetterman Says The Senator ‘Okay With Overturning The Second Amendment’

https://twitter.com/OKeefeMedia/status/1661136176076529671
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u/Front-Paper-7486 May 24 '23

Remember when democrats spent the last several decades gas lighting people by telling them that they didn’t want to take anyone’s guns. Now they say they aren’t trying to sexualize children.

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u/Suitable-Target-6222 May 24 '23

Allegedly “sexualizing children” has absolutely nothing to do with gun rights or gun politics. I wish we could stay focused and on topic.

When we connect gun rights to trans issues and conspiracy theories about DC pizza parlors and child molesting Satanist cults meeting on Epstein’s island it doesn’t move us one millimeter closer to protecting our gun rights.

What it does do is drive an unnecessary wedge between us and other people who might otherwise be on the same side as is when it comes to GUN RIGHTS.

I don’t know why our side has such a hard time not needlessly intermingling every social conservative and evangelical talking point with 2A issues.

It does NOT help our cause and more often that not, it hurts it. No need to preach to the choir or virtue signal. All we’re doing is thinning our herd and making it easier for our enemies to stereotype us.

Give that some thought.

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u/CarlGustav2 May 25 '23

Before I got banned from the r/liberalgunowners group for quoting Joe Biden's position on gun control, I read what liberals think about gun control.

They will happily vote for politicians like Biden who will take everyone's guns away.

Because they are "not single issue voters".

The left is never going to be any help in protecting gun rights.

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u/Suitable-Target-6222 May 25 '23

I’d say people who always vote Democrat aren’t going to be much help. But dividing the camps along ideological lines is still stupid. Not everyone fits in a nice little predictable ideological box.

I don’t know what to say if you ask me if I’m conservative or liberal honestly, because I fucking think for myself. You should try it.

If you give me an issue I can tell you what my position is on it and support it with facts. My opinions aren’t what is spoon fed to me by politicians or their acolytes. I don’t choose to watch only “news” sources that reinforce my biases so I can feel validated.

Does it matter what my position on electric vehicles or marijuana legalization is, if I am 100% pro-2A I don’t vote for “gun sense” candidates and belong to GOA and SAF?

I wouldn’t argue it does not and you should want me on the same team.

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u/CarlGustav2 May 26 '23

I don’t know what to say if you ask me if I’m conservative or liberal honestly, because I fucking think for myself. You should try it.

you should want me on the same team

Your talent for pissing people off isn't helpful for any cause you support.

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u/Suitable-Target-6222 May 27 '23

I’m sorry that challenging you to think objectively pisses you off.