Should we ban the LGBT's ARs too? “Any law that would disarm anyone no matter how reasonable can be used unreasonably against us,” says Smith, who goes by the Twitter handle Queer Armorer. “Because they are coming to make just existing as us the problem.” Smith runs Rainbow Reload, an LGBTQ+ gun club based in New Hampshire, where he produces firearms instruction videos and news and gaming streams, and lives by an amended state motto, “Live Free or F**king Die.” On a recent gun club outing to Pawtuckaway State Park, Smith told New Hampshire Public Radio, “If the world is dangerous, then you have to be dangerous back,” adding, “and that very much has pushed me to where I am now.” "Proud Boys, neo-Nazis, and other armed vigilantes have emerged as a clear and present danger in the far-right’s culture war on drag queens, trans people, and others in the queer community. In 2022 alone, these groups targeted at least 124 drag shows for protests and harassment, many times appearing with weapons. For Smith and members of other LGBTQ+ gun clubs like the Pink Pistols — which has 45 chapters across the U.S. — guns are not a partisan issue." “I mean, if you go far enough left, you get your guns back,” said Guardian, a Rainbow Reload member whose own slogan is “Make Racists Afraid Again.” “I want people to feel safe, to be safe, to be who they are,” he said on the makeshift gun range in the snow that Smith had set up. “It’s not a matter of politics. It’s a matter of whether or not you think certain people should get to live, and be their genuine selves.” “I went from concealed carry every once in a while when I was feeling it to every single day,” said Navy vet Sharon, who transitioned last year. “There are people that just looking at me will want to hurt me.” “There’s been an uptick in hate crimes, there’s been an uptick in groups that have been protesting drag story times and drag shows, and it felt like I needed to learn how to protect myself,” said Jamie, a self-described left-leaning trans woman who chose Rainbow Reload over other local rod and gun clubs for the like-minded company." LGBTQ+ gun group takes aim at the far-right's violent threats (msn.com) Now, we could have an argument over whether there's really a meaningful number of people out there looking to physically harm trans people (there's not!) ...but ultimately it doesn't matter whether these guys/gals (?) are being paranoid or not. They benefit from the same 2A protections as the rest of us and they should. And so long as they agree that I should have the same right to self defense as them -and I see no indication to the contrary-, I consider them my political allies. And they're just as welcome on any range I frequent as anyone else interested in self defense. What about you? Do you think they're wrong/extreme for concealing semi-automatic pistols and carrying assault rifles with pink high capacity clip magazine bullets and opposing gun control to protect themselves from *whomever* they feel might be after them?
If they want to carry to protect themselves from imaginary right wing attackers they should feel free to do so.
I couldn't care less about sexual orientation, race or religion of the 2A supporter next to me as long as he, she, it doesn't shoot me in the foot. Second Amendment supporters must ignore petty differences. Thanks,
Those who believe the state should have a monopoly on force - and the useful idiots who support them - want to disarm the "pink people" as well.
I think the lesson is that when Americans work TOGETHER we are indomitable. IF, we are going to remain “great” we have to put aside our differences and be U.S. again.
