keenanmj85 wrote: Tue Feb 09, 2021 7:56 am
K9s wrote: Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:29 am
I think leftist means something different than you think leftist means. You seem to be going with a more VA right-wing definition of leftist (anti-2A, soft on crime, pro-caravan, etc.). Leftists like 2A rights. The Black Panther Party was leftist, not specifically liberal, for example. Republicans like guns for white Republicans. They aren't really pro-2A. They are pro-terror and pro-Klan.
I would agree that the Democrats occupying the state house do not resemble, to me, leftists as much as they do pretty typical Democrats. My family is still all in Virginia and are all civically active, so I get a pretty good dose of VA politics. I think that on the whole it is a really good thing for the state. Charlottesville shined a light on the continuing systemic racism of the state and the Democratic legislature is doing great things for the LGBTQ community, particularly with kids and schools. However, when it comes to guns...Moms Demand Action is pretty popular among the stay-at-home crowd, of which there are many precisely because of the tech boom in NoVA and the increasing wealth in the state. I see VA becoming more restrictive on the gun front as the state becomes more blue. Leftists, many of these individuals are not. Despite January 6th, despite Charlottesville, despite the rising militia movement in rural parts of the state...I don't get it.
If that's the case, then these Democrats should absolutely, lock-step, be in favor of the RKBA! Protect yourself from Charlottesville-style racists? Heck, yeah. That's exactly what my Dad did all those times, protect himself from what we would now call Charlottesville-style racists. Not sure about other people, but personally, I think that is a Very Good Thing!
But the Dems are *not* in favor of the RKBA--quite the opposite. They're doing everything they can to make us like California, Maryland, New York, etc., and that's bad news. Nikki Stallard calls it, "Victim Disarmament", and as we all know, "VD kills."