I am relatively new to gun ownership. I only started my collection a little less than two years ago (I've definitely made up for lost time). I never was against guns; I was in the Navy for over 10 years. I always wanted one but had just never commited to getting one.
I also consider myself a liberal. A moderate liberal (socially liberal, economically conservative) leaning towards libertarian.
I have been on several gun boards for the last year or so & I always see the the term "liberal' spewed forth & equated with every ill that plagues our country. Especially so when talking of gun rights/control. I have always thought that somehow that stereotype didn't seem right to me.
There are definitely liberal anti-gun people, but there are definitely conservative anti-gun people also. When President Bush sends his Solicitor General to argue for DC in the DC-Heller case, McCain joins Lieberman in the McCain-Lieberman Gun Show Act of 2000, Guiliani & NYC handgun laws, Romney & Mass. gun laws, etc. it shows me that liberals don't have the market cornered as anti-gunners. Heck, even Sarah Brady's husband worked for the Reagan administration, for pete's sake.
I have always wondered what kind of representation liberals actually had on these kind of boards. Am I really that unique in agreeing with most liberal values with the exception of gun control. After reading through the following thread
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=295958
I thought a poll would be interesting.
I don't think it's as cut & dried as most on here would believe it is.
I never thought I would ever be a one-issue voter but I am really struggling with the 2008 election. Gun rights really are that important to me.
I also consider myself a liberal. A moderate liberal (socially liberal, economically conservative) leaning towards libertarian.
I have been on several gun boards for the last year or so & I always see the the term "liberal' spewed forth & equated with every ill that plagues our country. Especially so when talking of gun rights/control. I have always thought that somehow that stereotype didn't seem right to me.
There are definitely liberal anti-gun people, but there are definitely conservative anti-gun people also. When President Bush sends his Solicitor General to argue for DC in the DC-Heller case, McCain joins Lieberman in the McCain-Lieberman Gun Show Act of 2000, Guiliani & NYC handgun laws, Romney & Mass. gun laws, etc. it shows me that liberals don't have the market cornered as anti-gunners. Heck, even Sarah Brady's husband worked for the Reagan administration, for pete's sake.
I have always wondered what kind of representation liberals actually had on these kind of boards. Am I really that unique in agreeing with most liberal values with the exception of gun control. After reading through the following thread
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=295958
I thought a poll would be interesting.
I don't think it's as cut & dried as most on here would believe it is.
I never thought I would ever be a one-issue voter but I am really struggling with the 2008 election. Gun rights really are that important to me.