Posted on 12/20/2016 2:08:33 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Gun ownership has traditionally been associated with the right wing in America but the election of Donald Trump has prompted some left-wingers to join gun clubs - and even start preparing for the collapse of society.
"I really didn't expect to be thinking about purchasing a gun. It was something that my father did and I rolled my eyes at him."
Clara, a 28-year-old nursing student, grew up in the Mid-West, where "the folks that had guns were seen as hicks" or were just "culturally different", she says.
But since the election of Donald Trump in November she has started going to a gun range for the first time and is shopping around for a semi-automatic pistol.
"It's been seeing the way that Trump's election has mobilised a lot of the far right and given them hope," she says, citing a rise in reports of hate crimes and neo-Nazi activity.
As a transgender woman, she does not fear for her personal safety in the Californian city where she now lives but she says she knows people in rural areas "who woke up and found a bunch of swastikas and words like 'faggot' and 'trannie' scrawled all over their building".
She foresees a wide-ranging struggle between the Trump administration and the left over issues such as immigration and racial politics....
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
“...as a transgender woman...”
So, a man.
[She has the gender of a trans? Ford or Chev?]
“sHE’s” an FMX trapped in the body of a TH350.
she says she knows people in rural areas “who woke up and found a bunch of swastikas and words like ‘faggot’ and ‘trannie’ scrawled all over their building”.
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Kind of like Tom Arnold saying he had a tape in his possession that has Trump using all kinds of foul language, the N word, the F word, the C word, the B word etc etc etc..
Whoever I heard it from (either Chris Plante or Rush L) said if he said all that he must have been quoting from a Rap record.....
I no longer care about their fake outrage du jour. What I do know is that they have proven that the two sides can no longer peaceably coexist. They are hell bent on starting the next war in this country and I for one can hardly wait. Enough is enough.
“Nothing more dangerous than a scared Liberal with a gun.”
That, and a very emotional and angry libtard with a gun.
I wonder, does the 4473 form have a "trans" category? If not, I'll bet the next revision will.
Yes, the words ‘faggot’ and ‘trannie’ are spray painted on half of the buildings between here an town. See, miles and miles of ‘faggot’ and ‘trannie’ interspersed with plastic Santas and inflatable Snoopys. Sure. See it all the time. For miles. Ya.
We just won. Why would we want to go on a rampage?
Do they really think that little dweeb 0bama was keeping us in check?
The BBC is the NYT with bad teeth.
I hope Leftists know that the 2nd amendment applies to them as well.
You don’t have to be a republican.
As much as we enjoy bitching about the left, the biggest problem for Americans is always the government. It is always the citizens vs the government.
Trump will be successful to the extent that he shrinks and defangs Leviathan.
Well, OK. But take a look at that electoral map, and realize that most all of those red state and red county people already have guns.
’ Clara ... grew up in the Mid-West, where “the folks that had guns were seen as hicks” or were just “culturally different”, she says’
Only if by “the Mid-West” she means Chicago or Madistan, WI. The rest of us are the norm, not her.
I understand the visual, but what is it about proximity to water that seems to make people liberal....I mean besides the population concentration and machine politics...
I used to keep a shotgun in my locker so that I could hunt on the way home from school.
Well that’s pretty nutty. But on the other hand I’m always in favor of people arming themselves for defensive purposes.
What kind of game did you get when you were hunting on the way home?
Pheasant. It was rural Iowa.
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