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Where the fuck are all your dedicated gun nut independents? Because this issue that you don't like and because of that assume that massive numbers of true independents don't like seems to have added up to jack shit as far as exercising those cherished rights to actually do ANYTHING in response to unmistakeable tyranny.
And I'm not even talking about starting a hot rebellion. The MAGA shitstains armed up and showed the colors over school boards and vaccines, but actual assaults on democratic constitutional order and this supposedly critically large non-MAGA gun population can't even be arsed to do anything. You've got a hobby and a fantasy that when things get Really Serious, you'll be the hero, but that time is always somehow not actually happening, because it's only supposed to be a fantasy.
Everywhere, in plain sight, not talking about it on heavily surveiled social media.
Not doing anything. I don't want a status report, I just don't believe that this huge group of tyranny-resistors is actually there and none of them are organizing shows of force to put the government on notice, but that you're all just waiting for something more serious to actually decide it's time for the well regulated militia to hit the streets. Maybe you'll be out there when the shooting war actually starts, but I'm not even confident in that.
What are you doing? Why do you think owning a gun obligates anyone to put themselves in the Trump regime's crosshairs?
It's their whole excuse for why protecting their hobby is important. When it matters they'll convert from fetishists to patriots. They finally have their chance to prove that all the dead children was worth it. If that's not happening then their deadly hobby is just a hobby, to be regulated and restricted like drag racing or fireworks.
I don’t speak for all non-republican gun owners, but I don’t have any fantasy about being a hero with a gun, either for self defense or for defense against a tyrannical government.
The point is that the issue of gun control doesn’t gain any votes for democrats. The best thing that any of them have said is when Harris said “yeah I carry.” Had she continued with saying she thinks there’s enough gun laws as-is, and talked about enforcement, and other methods to reduce violence there might have been a few votes turned her way.
This is the same argument as bringing on the Cheneys or throwing minorities under the bus. Just because someone is a Democratic voter doesn't mean they're in the bag and all policy should be crafted for what you think are the "gettable" votes in the middle. And I know anti-gun independents. Don't confuse your personal preferences with being a silent majority. Gun control polls with majority support.