It protects your right to have and express whatever opinions you hold.
I wish more Libs would come to realize that.
While I agree with you, I have found that much more often than not, a Liberal who is pro-Second Amendment is also pro-ban of ARs, standard capacity magazines, and anything that appears 'scary' such as flash hiders and bayonet lugs.
Most pro-2A liberals think that the Second Amendment only protects hunting-style shotguns and rifles, but not handguns, ARs, semi-automatic actions, or other "non-sporting" configurations.
Their view is that as long as you have access to a single class of firearm (double barrel shotgun, or bolt action rifle, for example,) your Second Amendment rights are being upheld.
That all goes to their basic belief that government can be benevolent and not self-serving. And that therefore they can be trusted to carry out “common sense regulation”.
Yeah. RIIIIIIGHT.
You have nailed it. “Pro-2A” liberals want things as they are in UK and Australia, with hunting guns permitted only under heavy supervision and no handguns at all, with the police showing up at your doorstep to inspect your gun storage.
No thanks, I’m not buying. There’s a moral inconsistency about liberals owning guns. Dianne Feinstein feels her exalted position gives her the right (privilege) to a concealed carry permit while seeking to disarm the rest of us.
What you observe is the norm in the Northeast.
Even the NE Republican will talk about banning certain guns. They are the same as the liberals.
But a gun owner who votes dem is like a priest that performs abortions. It doesn’t really jive.
What you have is a club who think that THEY should have guns, but no one else should. And they are racist as hell too because they always want to ban guns popular with black areas.
They talk about how a gun doesn’t need to be flashy, or “pimped out”, about how we needed to take away the Tec-9 and we need to get AK47s out of the picture for one reason or another.
Any liberal who claims to love guns is a nutbag. Like the Yankee Marshal on youtube. He’s a clown, claiming to be liberal and still believing gun rights. Watch him talk about what guns he thinks everyone should have and the truth becomes clear.
Sounds like a description of the ubiquitous “Fudd” characters.