Solidarity?

[d-dogg]

unity (as of a group or class) that produces or is based on community of interests, objectives, and standards

Yet, as I read many posts here, I would believe we are white Anglo-Saxon Protestant (mostly males), and that the second amendment rights seem to be of concern to us only.

Might be an educational opportunity to have some of the other-than-caucasian, other-than-Christian, other-than-male, other-than-heterosexual membership step out of the closet.

That's right, those homosexuals have their very own gun-rights group, the Pink Pistols. No matter how you feel about gays, you have something in common - a desire to protect the 2nd amendment.

I have shot, hunted, and served with enough black guys (and a few black gals) to know that as a group, they are far from gun-grabbing liberals. They don't always feel comfortable at the gun clubs though, possibly because of their perception (deserved, or undeserved) of some of us.

Now your Hindus wouldn't hurt a fly, but I have had a couple of them out punching paper with me, and they sure seemed to enjoy it. Not enough to run right out and buy a 1911, but they did enjoy a little target practice.

And why are so many freaked out by the Muslims? I served with boatloads of them in my 20 year military career, and find them to be pretty straight up people. Is stopping what you're doing, washing up, and praying 5 times a day such a bad thing? Consider that Muslims gladly serve in the US military, yet Amish do not. I've never heard anyone go on a rant about how Amish are un-American. You might have more in common with them than you think.

Asians - again, I've served with them, hit the range with them.

The US military has no shortage of Jewish members. And again, I have shot and hunted with plenty of them.

Have I missed anyone? Oh, yeah, the ladies. Do we have to talk about the ladies? It's embarrassing to shoot next to some gal with a 2 inch pattern at a hundred yards. :banghead:

So the purpose to this rant is to motivate the average reader of this forum to stop looking at differences and look at commonalities. By keeping us divided based on silly things like our looks, language and religious habits the evil ones conquer us.

Bring those with common goals and interests into the fold and add them to the voices to be heard.

And please, have a care for how you represent the "average" firearms enthusiast.

 

[bubbameat]

What is this rant in response to? I do absolutely agree.

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[d-dogg]

bubbameat, it's just an attempt to get a lot of folks who look like myself to examine their perceptions of others as well as examining the image they might present of the average gun owner. Having done that, join forces with the rest of the much larger silent gun owning community.

I read between the lines a lot, and know there are some predispositions and prejudices born of fear or lack of familiarity with others. Not only in posts here, and other forums, but at the range as well.

For example, why is it relevant in a post regarding presidential position to point out that Obama's middle name is Hussein (an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning "good", "handsome" or "beautiful")? The simple iteration of it suggests likening the president to Saddam Hussein, a radical Muslim, and subtly indicts all Muslims. In reality, as a first name, Hussein is as common in the Arabic world as "Joe".

And why is it that thousands of black gun owners feel they have no where to voice their support for the 2nd amendment? I used to work with a guy who was an avid hand gun enthusiast. Went target shooting with him a lot. Broached the subject of the NRA with him, and couldn't get him to join. He said NRA stands for "Negro Removal Association". Now how the heck did he arrive at that? When the NRA had J.C. Watt's picture on the cover of the magazine, I made sure to give him my copy.

The media likes to depict gun enthusiasts as uneducated, hateful, bigoted, white men. I was hoping to motivate fellow enthusiasts to look at both their perceptions of others as well as what they show to others. If the evil ones can get a photo of a guy with a Bass Pro cap on his head, an AK in his right hand, and a case of Bud in his left, that picture will be on the front page of every national newspaper as evidence of the need for stricter gun control.

75 years ago my dad and a lot of other "old country boys" managed to put aside their differences, and team up with a bunch of other guys and gals who looked, acted, prayed, and talked a lot differently than them, and sent some very evil folks packing.

Like them, we need to team up to beat the current threat to the 2nd amendment.

 

[hso]

It is valuable to point out that long before Charlton Heston spoke out against the bigotry of Antis he protested and spoke out against the bigotry of racism. The person that would become the most beloved face of the NRA was an activist speaking out for the principals of freedom in the most important struggle for freedom in this country in the 20th century.

 

[d-dogg]

And it is interesting that Charlton Heston, Bill Shatner, and a few other actors of the early 1970s were considered "bleeding heart liberals" because of their stances, and a few scenes in their movies/shows. The bulk of the original Star Trek series episodes could be tied directly to racial issues of the day.

But, we do not own the media, the antis do. The antis are not on the defensive, we are. If you google pictures of gun grabbers, you get Ms. Feinstein in a suit. Google gun-nut, and you get this charming fellow.


Perhaps we should re-classify ourselves as bleeding heart liberal, civil rights activists?

 

[bubbameat]

Thanks d-dogg. I'm glad you posted this and it's unfortunate it has not received more commentary. Are your points are absolutely valid. We can't afford to allow sex, race, gender culture, religious affiliation divide us. Hell, we can't let hunter/self defender divide us. We must stand very united because our enemies are many. Law abiding ownership of a firearm, for whatever purpose, is universal.