This is my first thread, and it may not make me many friends here. Please note that I am talking about gun-control related threads on the Democratic Underground, not their politics in general.
I first stopped by the Democratic Underground to check out the "full-auto revolver" thread that was being discussed here. While there were quite a few stereotypical hysterical, ignorant gun control advocates there, I was actually surprised by the number of people who seemed pro-gun. Nearly everyone there seemed to understand how stupid the AWB was.
I decided to check back earlier today after reading the thread asking if there were any Anti's on THR. After reading four or five threads, it seems to me that most folks over there (at least the ones active in the guns section) are pretty much on our side. They might not be as "uncompromising" in their views as many people here (most of them support the NFA) but at least they seem to recognize that the 2nd Amendment is an individual right, and that banning a firearm because it looks scary is silly.
Sure, there were those that wanted to impose more gun control, and that fit the stereo type of the typical panicking, hysterical, misinformed gun grabber. However, there were just as many of these who were trying to make rational (if incorrect) arguments for gun control. Both of these groups were outnumbered by those who believe that it is an individual citizens right to own firearms (even scary looking black ones).
I was actually starting to get suspicious that members of THR were infiltrating the Democratic Underground to try to change their opinions from within.
Of course I may be wrong about all this. I am not a regular follower of DU, it could just be a temporary fluke.
I first stopped by the Democratic Underground to check out the "full-auto revolver" thread that was being discussed here. While there were quite a few stereotypical hysterical, ignorant gun control advocates there, I was actually surprised by the number of people who seemed pro-gun. Nearly everyone there seemed to understand how stupid the AWB was.
I decided to check back earlier today after reading the thread asking if there were any Anti's on THR. After reading four or five threads, it seems to me that most folks over there (at least the ones active in the guns section) are pretty much on our side. They might not be as "uncompromising" in their views as many people here (most of them support the NFA) but at least they seem to recognize that the 2nd Amendment is an individual right, and that banning a firearm because it looks scary is silly.
Sure, there were those that wanted to impose more gun control, and that fit the stereo type of the typical panicking, hysterical, misinformed gun grabber. However, there were just as many of these who were trying to make rational (if incorrect) arguments for gun control. Both of these groups were outnumbered by those who believe that it is an individual citizens right to own firearms (even scary looking black ones).
I was actually starting to get suspicious that members of THR were infiltrating the Democratic Underground to try to change their opinions from within.
Of course I may be wrong about all this. I am not a regular follower of DU, it could just be a temporary fluke.