Steve CoxKonto zweryfikowane

The funny thing is that Progressives understand the fight for increase in rights. They live for it. So why is a gun owners rights different? Can they at least start to understand the intensity of the desire to protect their rights. Can we start the dialogue there?

The overall answer is socioeconomic equality. Universal healthcare (inc mental healthcare), ending the war on drugs, ending foreign warfare (8000 firearm suicides per year are veterans with PTSD; 22/day), etc. The core of my belief system is that most people are good... 1/2

So, this is a socio-economic argument, not a gun rights argument? Interesting data.

Yes, I believe it is. And pardon me if I seem cynical (I think you’re familiar with people accused of cynicism), but I believe Democrats push the gun narrative to scare the public and secure votes just as Republicans do. They don’t want to fix it. They want to use it to win.

The "good guy with a gun" argument doesn't work for me. Usually you are trying to figure out how to get out of there even if you're armed. Also, if everyone has a gun, I don't know who to shoot!