When I was serving on jury duty a few years ago in downtown Manhattan, I was being interviewed during jury selection for a criminal trial. Two Harlem "African-American young men" (about 15-years-old) were caught shooting up the lobby of a Section 8 building, and were up on murder charges. (Never mind where they got THEIR gun.) When their public defender was interviewing me and asked me what publications I read, I included the NRA Magazine, "American Rifleman." So then he asked me why.
I responded that I was a member of the NRA (of course). You should have heard the hush of horror that traveled throughtout the jury pool consisting of the 200+ NYC residents sitting in the courtroom with me. I might as well have said I was a neo-Nazi or a KKK member. The public defender asked me next why I was a member of the NRA. I then responded, without missing a beat, in a thundering voice, "The right to self-defense in this country is a right given to us by God. The Second Amendement guarantees our right to protect our property, possessions and family from those criminals who want to cause us injury or steal from us."
Needless to say, I was not selected to serve on that jury. LOL.