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.
13 Comments
Slow Joe Crow · December 5, 2025 at 5:44 pm
I wonder how many of these newly minted gun owners have had their minds changed by interacting with gun control. I recall quite a,few,leftists being upset when background checks and waiting periods gored their ox. Personally I’m prepared for left wing violence since I fit several of their target groups and like any thinking person I distrust the government.
Danny · December 5, 2025 at 6:45 pm
Nice that this dude has a .380 but … a stop at Alabama/Tennessee Fireworks store is all you need. Turn that mortar tube horizontal.
Skeptic · December 6, 2025 at 7:39 am
I wish we actually were the way that insane leftists think we are. This country would be a hell of a lot better place.
Robert · December 5, 2025 at 11:14 pm
Liberals buying guns will not usually become “Conservatives”. I believe that is too much to hope for.
What most of them will do is rarely fire their weapons, even in practice or training sessions. Rather like their Right-wing counterparts, in fact. They might go to a class with a live fire session, or practice once at a local range. Afterwards their firearm will remain in a closet for years.
Some will nurse heroic fantasies of resisting obnoxious government authorities or political opponents in very contrived scenarios that never happen.
A much smaller percentage will practice and get training sufficient to become skilled with their weapons.
A very small percentage will encounter a real threat that must be stopped with a firearm. If that is a self-defense condition, I hope they do well in the encounter.
The major effect of Liberals buying guns is that they will become resentful at the barriers presented by the government to buying or possessing firearms. This may be a long-term benefit to the rest of us.
Divemedic · December 6, 2025 at 8:45 am
I don’t give a shit if they become conservatives or not. I just want them to ease up on the gun control thing.
Robert · December 6, 2025 at 5:21 pm
I doubt they will ease up on “gun control”. At best, they may be temporary allies of convenience while they want to get firearms. We could see some peculiar carve-outs advanced for easing restrictions if the buyer is a woman, black, gay, or a foreigner.
Liberals (Leftists) are not necessarily against owning personal firearms. What they really mean is “Guns for me, but not for you”.
@HomeInSC · December 5, 2025 at 11:41 pm
My .380 PPK/s with Hornady HP ammo is a nice little backup.
CWII will be a horror show by any measure but the Right still has the numbers
TCK · December 6, 2025 at 4:26 am
There is nothing “good” about soulless inhuman monsters arming themselves up to better work their evil against the innocent.
Divemedic · December 6, 2025 at 8:47 am
Your average Democrat voter isn’t a communist. The vast majority are simply useful idiots.
TCK · December 7, 2025 at 5:01 am
And yet every last one them keeps on supporting and defending every grotesque evil their party cooks up. Anyone still calling themselves a democrat after so many years of atrocities against the innocent is beyond redemption.
Every.
Last.
Fucking.
One of them.
Birdog357 · December 7, 2025 at 7:58 am
The DNC is objectively evil. The voters that support them are bad people. Them arming up isn’t a good thing. Will I stand in the way? No, because I have principles, but I do recognize the threat.
Divemedic · December 7, 2025 at 9:17 am
The dangerous ones have been armed for years.
McChuck · December 7, 2025 at 10:07 am
Arming your enemies does not make them your allies. It just makes your enemies that much more dangerous.
The dirt is not magic.
The guns are not magic.
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