It seems that liberals are buying guns. Good. More gun owners= more freedom. Of course, the linked article shows they still know nothing about guns, viewing them as a magic talisman more than a tool for freedom. For example:
He grew up and became a doctor, and these days, he heads to a shooting range in Maryland each week for target practice with his Smith & Wesson .380.
Charles, who is Black, says he bought the handgun after the Trump administration did things that scared him, including arresting a foreign student who criticized her university’s policy on Israel and handcuffing a U.S. senator who was forcibly removed from a Homeland Security news conference.
“What I’m talking about is protecting myself from a situation where there may be some kind of civil unrest,” says Charles.
So a Senator being arrested by the police is going to be stopped by a .380? He goes on:
Charles says he worries that some of President Trump’s supporters may feel emboldened someday to target minorities like him and his family.
“He could dispatch citizens or the government,” Charles says. “I’m not saying that’s what’s going to happen. What I’m saying is none of this is out of the question any longer.”
It’s never been out of the question, that the government would abuse its power and come after you. An armed society is a polite one. I applaud you taking the first step.
But many liberals who spoke for this story say it’s the other way around. They say the president dehumanizes others with his rhetoric. For instance, Trump has said undocumented immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country.” The president has also called his political opponents, “radical left thugs that live like vermin.”
In the past 6 years, I have been called Nazi, racist, and deplorable. I have been deplatformed, threatened, and had someone try to destroy my professional life. I had government officials threaten to toss me in a reeducation camp, and worse. Don’t even go there.
Still, welcome to the gun culture. Once you realize that an armed society is a more free one than that of unarmed sheep, you have taken the first step towards rejecting despotism and embracing freedom and liberty.
Welcome to the party.
