I’m a liberal gun owner. Also go to ranges. Also see that the majority of people there are right leaning.
That doesn’t mean they support fascism. That doesn’t mean they will use their weapons to kill those that oppose fascism.
No one on the right actually wants a civil war, but the people they keep electing say they do becuase they’re stupid enough to think it would be profitable.
In reality, the dumbest people imaginable are in control of our government. And the people that eat Fox News corpo-governemnt propaganda on the daily are likewise just as stupid, but only in that their ability to reason has been compromised - so they posture about killing liberals for clout just like previous generations postured about joining the military despite never serving.
In the end, the people that are actually stupid enough to use their guns against other Americans are in the vast minority. But also, they are stupid enough not to use or operate their weapons correctly.
The people I see at ranges that regularly threaten their lives with poor trigger discipline are usually the ones that support Trump, so I’m more afraid of them killing their friends from incompetence than a left leaning American.
sxan@midwest.social 1 day ago
This is very true, and I wasn’t implying they would. It’s an anecdote to support my claim that there are more conservative gun owners than liberal gun owners, and the source of “they have greater numbers.”
It’s circumstantial, and not proof that there people who do conflict are going to be unbalanced in being armed, but I suspect it based sheerly on the gun saturation in conservative vs liberal circles.
Also, I suspect the worst of the fascists aren’t the diligent ones going to the range for practice, so I’m not claiming they’ll be better shots; only that more of them will be armed.
I completely agree with the rest of your comment.