Mcuraddoc
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Hey, bud-
Thanks for your reply. I appreciate your focus and how clear you made it.
Ryan
Hey, bud-
Thanks for your reply. I appreciate your focus and how clear you made it.
Ryan
Originally Posted by Mcuraddoc
Are there anyother folks out there who have wresteled with the decision to arm themselves?
Once upon a time, I was even further on the edge of spectrum than liberal, into green....to become proficient with firearms lately out of a sense that our world, our United States is lurching towards chaos, collapse and the end of the day to day peace we have taken for granted for all our lives.
I'm a Classic Liberal, and am fiscally conservative.
HGUNHNTR said:We should all have the right to self defense, regardless of our political views.
that just about sums it up for me too. I do lean towards the conservative side but that is only because I can't stand the leftists who want to turn our country into a marxist nation. And I can't stand the far right either, the ones who want to turn our country into a facist nation.If this is for basic laws, good. If it is for the collective national defense, good. If it is for organizing international trade, good.
If it is telling me how to live and what to believe, bad.
I am no party other than that of the citizenry of the United States of America and I'll be damned if any politician is going to write some irrelevant law that says my life and the lives of my loved ones aren't worth protecting.
To be very honest, buying a hand-gun was not an easy decision. I have long been an advocate of a heavily regulated gun industry. However, recent events have lead me to realize I can't expect the police to be everywhere all the time. I had to be able to stand up for myself. I still wrestle with this choice I've made.
I suspect very few. We're mostly Conservatives and Libertarians. Regardless of who we vote for, we tend to be united in the idea that what's best for the individual should be left up to that individual, not anyone else and certainly not the government. This applies to everything from personal protection to retirement savings to health care. Nothing boils the blood quicker than a government official that seeks to regulate my activities, activities that do not harm another in any way, because they think they know what's best. History shows again and again that they do not.
Are there anyother folks out there who have wresteled with the decision to arm themselves?
Taking money from the middle class and giving it to the poor = Liberal.
Taking money from the middle class and giving it to the rich = conservative.
I'm for not taking anymore of my money and restoring some of my rights. That candidate wasn't nominated unfortunately.
I suspect very few. We're mostly Conservatives and Libertarians.