tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34529754.post1374472730091237081..comments2023-10-16T07:06:52.428-05:00Comments on Armed and Safe: Look where support for gun rights is coming from nowKurt '45superman' Hofmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14091930034162667742noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34529754.post-78500959525047087832010-01-09T12:02:21.433-06:002010-01-09T12:02:21.433-06:00This really should not be surprising. Gallup's...This really should not be surprising. Gallup's poll of gun ownership shows a surprising difference between conservative and liberal gun owners: a larger proportion of liberal gun owners give "self protection" and the reason to own a gun than does conservative gun owners.<br /><br />While smaller in numbers overall, the liberal gun owner is the soft white underbelly of the anti-gun position in the U.S.: liberals don't want their guns taken away either. I would bet that liberal gun owners have applied subtle influence on the Democratic Party to de-emphasize gun control as a political issue.<br /><br />The Gallup poll is several years old, predating this years gun purchase binge and spreading shall-issue laws. I would love to see Gallup run this poll again to see how the trends have changed.Left Coast Conservativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05125102691834528348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34529754.post-50223068395535461952010-01-09T09:49:59.940-06:002010-01-09T09:49:59.940-06:00Exactly, Pistolero. The sooner we, as gun rights ...Exactly, Pistolero. The sooner we, as gun rights advocates, get away from putting all our eggs in the Republican basket (a basket that seems to be in rather poor shape), and have a real answer to Lee Atwater's "Who else are they going to vote for?" question, the better off we'll be.<br /><br />I want to see Democrat and Republican candidates vying for the gun owner vote--trying to outdo each other in their pro-rights positions. I think we can get there. In some parts of the country, we seem to be almost there <i>now</i>.Kurt '45superman' Hofmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14091930034162667742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34529754.post-47297529035503735422010-01-09T09:34:55.210-06:002010-01-09T09:34:55.210-06:00Does me good to see things like that. RKBA shouldn...Does me good to see things like that. RKBA shouldn't be a partisan issue. Especially when one party is only minutely better on other issues.the pistolerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921719381072311001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34529754.post-25234114565816390682010-01-08T23:32:23.179-06:002010-01-08T23:32:23.179-06:00Police Protection is an oxymoron. Free citizens mu...Police Protection is an oxymoron. Free citizens must protect themselves. Police do not protect you from crime, they usually just investigate the crime after it happens and then call someone in to clean up the mess.<br />thats what i usually say to someone that askes me what i need a gun for, and usually after i say that , you smell a funny smell eminating from the person that asked the question.<br /> IIIMark in Wyominghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220244683947684188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34529754.post-58215316541789432072010-01-08T20:20:02.161-06:002010-01-08T20:20:02.161-06:00Mumbai had "common sense gun control" to...Mumbai had "common sense gun control" to brady panty bunchers...even have to account for each round you fire.<br /><br />Worked super good,especially for the Rabbi.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14230665595988628546noreply@blogger.com