I understand Mr. Trump carries a CCL for NYC ....
You may understand wrong. He said he has a permit to OWN a gun. In NYC, because of the Sullivan act of 1911, you are required to have a permit to own a handgun. That permit does not allow you to carry. Just to purchase. New Jersey, Illinois, Michigan to some extent, all require a license or some permit to purchase a handgun.
Trump speaks very plain English. Listen again to what he said. For most of us in the free states, a license to own a gun is unheard of. More and more states are going with Constitutional Carry.
I don't particularly like Trump. He has very thin skin. He was dead wrong and stupidly backpedaled regarding his McCain comment. I'm no fan of McCain, but I recognize that he served with honor and distinction prior to being a POW. He exemplified the code of conduct while a POW. Like his politics or not, he was, and is, a war hero.
Trump being a loudmouth has brought some key issues into the lime light. Our southern border being a great example. Our dependence on the Chinese market is another (despite his glaring hypocrisy of having Trump branded clothing made in China, as if he had no alternative). These ARE important issues to a lot of Americans, and these are issues going largely ignored by the rest of the potential candidates.
I trust Trump to be one thing, an entertainer. If he can wake people up and get people stirred up on important issue without sticking his foot too deep in his mouth (too late, I know), we might actually get to see where the rest of the pool of candidates truly sit on these issues. If Trump does nothing else, if he can get the actual politicians to become vocal on their positions on immigration, the economic dependence on a foreign nation, the Second Amendment, etc. then he has done well. Or, more accurately, if he can get the media to cover these other candidates responsibly on these issues, then he's done well.
But I do think the leftist media is using Trump for ratings and are really treating him as a big joke, and he's not smart enough to see he's being used as a tool.
All that said,
IF somehow Trump does get through the primaries and somehow manages the nomination, I'll begrudgingly vote for him. I'm not strictly a 2A voter, and I trust HRC and Sanders to do far more damage to this country than Trump could ever imagine.
