Policing our own
The prominent gun site AR15.com has been host to great info regarding guns in general. I’m a member, have used their info, and have bought stuff there.
This thread really reinforces this notion that gun owners are racists and homophobes. Note the references to being anti-gay is OK because gays are typically anti-gun. They imply the same thing regarding American Jews. Pretty abysmal stuff.
They don’t realize or don’t care that the number of gun owners in this country seems to decrease (though there was a post 9/11 spike in gun sales) and we are the minority. By a alienating any particular group, they do a disservice to gun rights. There are a few gay gun nuts who are better to have as allies than enemies.
There’s a lot more on this subject here, here and here. And a lot more here. Also, some folks chided the AR15ers in the thread.
As Deb said in an email: I guess they haven’t noticed that gays are perhaps the best organized
minority in America today. You’re not doing gun owners any favors with this stuff, guys.
January 25th, 2005 at 3:45 pm
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Regarding the bigotry at AR15.com, Stormy comments: I happen to be a Pink Pistols member, and I just wanted t […]
January 24th, 2005 at 3:19 pm
In addition to the gay gun nuts you listed, I’d add an honorable mention to BoiFromTroy, who rarely blogs about guns and AFAIK does not own one, but is nevertheless on the right side of the issue.
January 24th, 2005 at 3:33 pm
I’d think to qualify for the ‘nut’ part, he might have to own one.
January 24th, 2005 at 5:50 pm
I happen to be a Pink Pistols member, and I just wanted to point out that we tend to get a lot more harrassment from other GLBT-types for being gun owners then we do from gun owners for being homosexual. While there are certainly exceptions, it’s been my general experience that the gun community is far more tolerant than the stereotypes give it credit for.