02-25-2022, 05:46 PM
(02-25-2022, 05:35 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: You raise an excellent point. You didn't see a huge surge in left leaning gun ownership under Trump because they didn't really believe that he was an autocrat in waiting. How do I know this? Because the minute the George Floyd BLM riots started happening and law enforcement's response was hamstrung you saw those people buy firearms in record numbers.
That's why I think gun ownership is too heavily ingrained in bi-partisan political identity. My wife's family are a bunch of rural conservatives and if I told them I bought an AR-15 because I'm concerned about the government coming for me, they'd give me a thumbs up and say how reasonable I was being. If I added that I was buying it because I was concerned Trump was getting reelected and that was why the government was coming for me, they'd likely tell me I was being ridiculous and paranoid.
Anyywas, I'm derailing things here. I'm just mad no one commented on my old PSA where Popeye talked about vaccines.