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And cops are complicit.
Indeed, I suspect we'd see some movement on gun control if minorities and marginalized people would begin exercising their 2A rights. We all know the story of Reagan and the Black Panthers and how that played out, I suspect the same thing would happen again.
At any rate, I recommend all my LGBTQ/PoC friends arm yourself now, spend some time at a range, maybe get some basic first-aid training, and most importantly start meeting and networking with like-minded people in your area, start building networks of people who're on your side. Law enforcement will not protect us; if the rightwing has their way we'll be living A Handmaids Tale and a lot of us will be dead or forced into some form of slavery. Fuck that, this is America, we're not a Christian nation no matter how much a bunch of fundamentalists want us to be, we're the land of the free, and when they decide to fuck around they need to find out.
Let’s start a group “Muslims for gun rights” and watch bigotry work its magic…
if you're under the impression they won't figure out some way to create one law for "good christian americans" and a separate law for "those people" you fundamentally misunderstand what conservatism is about
This already exists! Many states have a denial clause in their concealed carry weapons permitting that is 🙄 justified🙄 for, "good cause" or "good moral character". Given the rate of mass shootings, and the disproportionate number of them being committed by white men, it's not a jump to say without clear definitions "good cause", and "good moral character" are just another codified excuse to justify systemic oppression.
Or they'll just do what they're already doing and enforce the law one way for this kkk member brandishing a loaded gun at minorities that Republicans hate, and another way for people like Tamir Rice.
Thankfully I have friends with a lot of land, but my local range is owned by an avid trump supporter. I've had serious conversation with my wife about owning a gun but she'd never pass a background check due to her mental health history.
There's a range here that requires an NRA membership to even join lol. I'm fortunate enough to live in a place with a few nice, public-access ranges that are run by/in cooperation with state parks and those are usually a little more welcoming places run by Rangemasters who take their job seriously.
Shooting can be a really fun hobby and a great way to bond with friends and family, it's a shame it's been so politicized and mischaracterized by people with questionable motivations.
Or if it's anything like in Germany, the cops and the right wing nutjobs are the same people.
Some of those that work forces...