Who Really Supports the 2nd Amendment

[ArfinGreebly]

Party

Parties are pyramids.

Doctrine is disseminated top-down.

Is there any way I can vote for a party without voting for its leadership?

Perhaps locally, certainly not nationally.

Parties are the wrong answer.

The answer is in grass roots.

No grass grows under a pyramid.

 

[schloe]

You people crack me up.

Republican or Democrat, it doesn't matter. They're all politicians. None of them care about what you have to say and what you want to get done in this country. I stopped voting years ago, you should do the same.

And btw, don't try to tell me I'm a horrible American because I'm not exercising my right to vote. If you have a rational mind you understand that your votes don't count and that you're wasting your time waiting in that line.

One other thing. You diehard "Republicans" that stand by the current administration are laughable. They are not Rebuplicans, and they sure as hell aren't conservatives.

 

[MudCamper]

Parties are the wrong answer.

Well, it's what we've got. For years I was registered Libertarian, and voted Libertarian or some other random independant, but I've gotten tired of throwing my vote down the toilet.

I have my own reasons for going with the Democratic party rather than the Republicans. It has to do with other issues, not 2A issues, so I will refrain from discussing it on this forum. I recommend the Republicans on this forum do the same thing. I also firmly believe that the pro 2A crowd needs to appeal to the masses of reasonable people in the Democratic party rather than help entrench them in the irrational dogma of the anti crowd by attacking them, or by reenforcing the false notion that RKBA is a Republican issue. It's an American issue.

 

[JWarren]

Apparently you missed (or chose to miss) the thrust of this statement. I was using it as an EXAMPLE not a comment.

Actually no. I do get your point, and to a degree I agree with you.

If you took that entire point it would address what is said based on the syntax:

I wrote:

If you will notice the syntax of the last sentence, it applies a negative connotation to have gun owners stereotyped as ignorant rednecks.

Based on:

We give hell to anyone that stereotypes all gun owners as ignorant rednecks at best and often far worse.

By the manner that this is written, it may easily be interpreted that the insult is that gun owners would be automatically be associated with "rednecks."

To illustrate:

If I slightly changed the statement, it could read:

We give hell to anyone that stereotypes all bankers as Jews (I am not comfortable writing some derogatory terms for Jews, but use your imagination)

OR

We give hell to anyone that stereotypes all rappers as African Americans. (insert your favorite derogatory term here for full effect as well)

I'll accept that you may not have written the statement with that interpretation as your intent, but based upon the syntax it DOES say that.


I knew that English degree would come in handy one day.


Since it isn't the point of this post, it is a moot point since you have stated that the interpretation was not your intent, however.

Moving along...

John

 

[wuluf]

I used to be a Democrat

until the party moved so far to the left. It all boils down to this, for me anyway: The Dems want to focus on healthcare, social security reform and other social issues including gun control. The Repubs want to focus on Islamic terror. I think that is the biggest problem facing the west, so i vote for people with an (R) after their name. Read "America Alone" by Mark Styne if you haven't already..