Not at all
Is owning a gun embarrassing?
Only if you’re a Democrat:
According to gun shop owners, Democrats buying guns are on the rise.
Pretty anecdotal but, if true, cool.
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November 25th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
My gun ownership and enthusiasms are definitely something I bring up only later after I’ve established my “lefty cred” in other areas, admittedly.
I haven’t been out buying new guns lately (I’ve already got a nice arsenal, thanks) but I have been picking up spare magazines for my existing handguns. There’s going to be a new IDPA range (re)opening near my hometown in the Spring, and I’m eager to get involved.
I think my next firearms acquisitions will be in the area of Cowboy action shooting. I have a few single action revolvers but to compete (shoot all the stages) in the group nearest where I live, you also have to have a period-authentic levergun and shotgun, which I don’t have…so maybe a nice coach gun and a Henry arms levergun in .45 LC or .38 sp.
November 25th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
how would a gunshop know your political affiliation?
November 25th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
I’m with Manish: I don’t remember marking a box on the 4473 for political party.
This is probably the result of one gun shop owner mentioning to the reporter that a customer claimed to be a Democrat when he bought his gun.
The reporter, assuming that no self-respecting Democrat would ever own guns, extrapolated the statement into evidence of a massive Tsunami of Birkenstock-clad college professors snapping up Class III weapons.
November 25th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Well, if Democrats are not purchasing firearms, they should be.
And if they are, more power to them. Firearm rights should never have turned into a left vs. right, conservative vs. liberal, Republican vs. Democrat fight, and it is unfortunate for all parties that it has.
November 25th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Eh, maybe he’s just seeing a lot of folks walking in with “Barack the Vote” shirts. It wouldn’t be the leap-of-all-leaps to assume such people are Democrats.
November 26th, 2008 at 1:51 am
I just gotta say “ditto” on Linoge’s comment. Everyone’s rights should be protected, regardless of political (or any other) affiliation.
It’s probably just anecdotal, but from what I’ve noticed it seems that firearm ownership has increased and become more acceptable among Democrats…or at least the ones I’ve talked to. I definitely see that as a good thing. If something happened (and God forbid) that the citizenry be required to take up arms, I would rather see the Democrats as my brothers-in-arms than my enemy or as innefectual bystanders.
“The great object is, that every man be armed. […] Every one who is able may have a gun.” -Patrick Henry
November 26th, 2008 at 2:48 am
Embarassing to own a gun? I’d be embarrassed/ashamed to be a democrat.
November 26th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Yes, anecdotal. But it isn’t the first report like this. http://abcnews.go.com/US/Story?id=6209255&page=2 has a shop owner claiming that people with Obama buttons or shirts buying guns. Still only anecdotal, and probably emphasized because it seems counterintuitive, but not nothing, either.