If the only support we had were the straight middle aged rural males, we would be in big trouble. There are growing groups of shooters from some of these non-traditional demographics. Gays, Democrats, Women, Jews, blacks, etc. It is among these groups that we have the potential for the biggest growth of support.The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2019 12:47 pmAgreed, but who said otherwise? Whether or not I personally believe that certain non-traditional lifestyles are a healthy choice, does not mean that the people who practice them do not have the same 2nd Amendment rights I have. Unfortunately, the majority of people belonging to those classes who are either not white, or not heterosexual.....or even not male....tend to vote with the party that wants to terminate those 2nd Amendment rights. In the pursuit of their other rights, and in some cases, their grievances, they’ve hewn themselves to the party that will give them whatever they want....in exchange for their liberty.MaduroBU wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2019 2:35 pm Gay folks shoot too. Every test that you add before granting someone permission to support the 2A removes a group of supporters. If the goal is to construct a tiny fraction of ideologically pure holdouts, then the strategy of only taking a tiny number of folks who hold the exact same views works fine. If the goal is to preserve the 2A in a democracy, then that strategy is suicidal.
RKBA is a civil right, not an elitist privilege.