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Hey guys,
At the risk of starting a flame war of atomic proportions, I'm curious as to the following:
What liberal or progressive or democratic gun owners/rights groups are at all active?
I've known a number of folks that would describe themselves as politically moderate or even progressive that *do* recognize the value of gun rights and that own firearms themselves.
However, they've all been pretty isolated since the conservatives and republicans that dominate most gun rights groups tend to talk so much much trash about moderates and progressives (comparing them to followers of Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, etc) that they have no interest participating in such groups, much less being vocal.
I've heard of A2Dems, Progressive Gun Owners, and some other organization that I can't think of at the moment, but I don't know of any significant non-right-wing-dominated group that is **known** to be active. The NRA (of which I'm a member) claims to be non-partisan, but let's face it -- in reality it's a republican/libertarian group.
And before the the heatwave hits, let me say this one last thing -- I'm open-minded, love a balanced non-reactionary discussion, and am fully aware of the anti-gun-rights track record of Clinton, et cetera -- no need to preach to the choir.
[[[ zipping up asbestos suit as I hit Send ... ]]]
Cheers!
Hey guys,
At the risk of starting a flame war of atomic proportions, I'm curious as to the following:
What liberal or progressive or democratic gun owners/rights groups are at all active?
I've known a number of folks that would describe themselves as politically moderate or even progressive that *do* recognize the value of gun rights and that own firearms themselves.
However, they've all been pretty isolated since the conservatives and republicans that dominate most gun rights groups tend to talk so much much trash about moderates and progressives (comparing them to followers of Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, etc) that they have no interest participating in such groups, much less being vocal.
I've heard of A2Dems, Progressive Gun Owners, and some other organization that I can't think of at the moment, but I don't know of any significant non-right-wing-dominated group that is **known** to be active. The NRA (of which I'm a member) claims to be non-partisan, but let's face it -- in reality it's a republican/libertarian group.
And before the the heatwave hits, let me say this one last thing -- I'm open-minded, love a balanced non-reactionary discussion, and am fully aware of the anti-gun-rights track record of Clinton, et cetera -- no need to preach to the choir.
[[[ zipping up asbestos suit as I hit Send ... ]]]
Cheers!