Ok, Guns it is!
Republican here. Gun Supporter, Gun Owner.
So why is the Left (I am going to generalize, so be aware) so adamant that regulations of firearms is the answer to gun violence? Or that less guns to law abiding citizens directly equals less guns for criminals. Owning a gun and open carry has proven to be as good of a deterrent of gun crime as anything else.
So called liberals are not anti gun. They are anti weapons of war.
Liberals are anti the general public owning the same weapons as was used in Vietnam and used in more recent wars.
That is the only real difference here.
Guns for protection and hunting, OK. Fine. No problem.
Even though I can not see why anyone needs to hunt unless they have no Walmart or grocery store near by, or live like a hermit in the woods. Or are nature freaks living solely off the land.
As a liberal I can see both sides.
I know of a group whose members collect those assault weapons but only use them for weekend gatherings at shooting ranges. They show off their assault weapons like a stamp collector shows off their stamp collection.
They consider their gun collections the same as someone that would collect something like classic cars.
The problem is, thats all find and dandy until one day their pissed off kid takes dads AK-15 or 47 and blows away his class mates.
THEN..... we have a problem.
There is a fine line between a "law abiding citizen" and a crazed mentally ill living on the edge citizen.
Take that shooting at youtube facility by Nasim Aghdam of San Diego.
She shot I think it was 3 people. BUT......
Nasim Aghdam had only a "HAND-GUN" at her disposal.
Imagine if she would have had access to an AR-15?
You can bet it would have been 30+ gunned down at youtube by Nasim Aghdam, not only the three.
There is a huge difference between using and choosing a hand gun vs an assault weapon.
This is all that liberals are asking, and a lot of conservatives as well, that guns are ok but assault weapons like those used by the US military in war MUST BE BANNED.
We simply don't need them in society.
People should not have access to them or the ability to purchase/own them.
I mean really.... Is this so, "liberal"??? Or just good old fashion common sense?