Reply #161: Whoa, you're equating a single-issue position with a multi-issue position

[Euromutt]

Being pro-RKBA does not, by itself, make one a Republican. A Republican position is one that leans toward social conservatism and economic deregulation, and thee are plenty of examples of politicos who identify to a great extent with the Republican agenda despite being, by and large, anti-RKBA; e.g. Rudi Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Michael Bloomberg, Carolyn McCarthy and Sarah Brady.

You might with reason characterize GreenStormCloud as a "gun nut" based on his position with regard to private firearm ownership, but if you were to characterize him as a "Republican gun nut" you would be making a pronouncement about his stance on a wide range of issues other than private ownership of firearms, based solely on his position on that one issue. Thus there is a false equivalence in comparing it to characterizing you as "anti-gun." If he'd characterized you as, say, "Tammany Hall anti-gun," then you might have a point.