I, for one, am a shooter. Although I do not shoot often, I do hunt every so often. I am planning on going to the range more often and to work my way up to a regular basis. When I start doing that, and begin adding to my collection of firearms, I'm sure I'll have more to ask/comment on some of the other areas of The High Road.
However, I lurked here for about a year before I signed on. I am by no means a Democrat or republican.
There was a time when I more aligned with the liberal ideals, but of course I was ingnorant and uneducated about the ways of the world and the meaning of the US Constitution (public school).
Once I edumecated myself, I thought the republicans had my best interests in mind. I later learned I was wrong about that.
I consider myself a constitutional libertarian (for now).
But my support for the Second Amendment has not waivered throughout this time. I was not as strong a supporter originally because I did not realize the size of the threat against my and my fellow American's rights. The more I learned, the more I was concerned. I have been a member of the NRA for about 10 years now, and for about a year I have been a member of the Michigan Coalition of Responsible Gun Owners.
As for signing up for The High Road, it was primarily for the L&P discussions. Especially the "P" part. So if one does a search of my posts, he/she will find that the vast majority of my posts are in L&P, and by no coincidence, most of them have been closed because they usually involve the political discussions of the Bush Presidency and the WOT/Iraq War issues. To me, the best discussions always get closed, but then again, they are usually the most heated and people begin attacking each other. I do not like it when people attack each other because I know the thread will be closed shortly. If anyone cares, search my posts and see how many times I attacked a person instead of an argument.
Most threads I do not post in because I agree with what has already been said and have nothing to add.
I'm sure some people chose to "ignore" my posts when I first signed-on because I dove right into the Bush/WOT/Iraq thing immediately and many people automatically believe that anyone who disagrees with the WOT, War in Iraq, Bush's foreign policy, etc. is automatically a liberal DU member. I can assure everyone that I am not that!
Please note, I agree with just about everyone in L&P when it comes to human rights, 2A, etc. It is only the Bush/WOT/Iraq thing that I disagree with. If that makes me all those things I was accused of, then so be it. But I know I am not all those things.
Also, I thought about "ignoring" some posters and decided not to. Why? I think most people have too many involuntary blinders, including myself, and I did not want to add to my blindness.
(and for those of you who have chosen to "ignore" my posts - nevermind
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