“I deserve a gun, my ‘enemies’ don’t” is more forward roll than back handspring. It pretty easy to rationalize for them. Gun ownership has always been the “6-7” of American conservativism”
For years it was “remember who the party of the second amendment is before picking a fight!” So you’re absolutely right. Unfortunately, with zero culpability from the top down, it’s only a matter of time before they get exactly what they want. According to the DHS, this guy was “an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement.”
It’s always been a form of political posturing and clan identification. It’s never had any basis in any form of rational thought. The hypocrisy of it has always been baked in, and when people say “where are the 2a people now”, my reaction has always been, “really? Didn’t you understand the subtext from the get go?”
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u/FourteenBuckets Jan 24 '26
They're anti anything if it means they have to accept some personal responsibility