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In reply to the discussion: Is it possible to be a progressive DUer and a gun owner? [View all]Maine-i-acs
(1,503 posts)Longtime gun owner; starting with BB gun training by the Rod+Gun Club at the tender age of 6.
Have owned and shot Long rifles, shotguns, and pistols, as well as several muskets, all of which I still own. Hunted since I was very young. Hunters and strong military ties in the family.
As a teen my dad turned in his membership to the Sportsmen's Alliance of Maine, when they advocated for their members to unite in opposition to the Brady Bill AWB ban (As the NRA had advised them to).
He had a chance to tell them off in a public hearing, too, and did.
I still have all the guns, but still can't see the need for assault weapons in private hands, stand-your-ground, and a few other bogus trends in gun ownership.
And I want my tax money used wisely, to feed hungry people and help old people. And I want good paying manufacturing jobs to return, union ones to boot. And I want to support public education, not for-profit private schools. And don't get me started on the prisons, the Court, or the Petrochemicals...
So call me a GTP - Gun-Toting Progressive.