I can tell you as someone who identifies as progressive/liberal who thought I would never own a gun (no kids but still, no need to have something deadly like that) that I've seriously been considering it lately.
I first thought about when COVID-19 hit but told myself it would be unsafe and stupid for me to buy a gun when I couldn't do what I considered "table-stakes" for owning a gun (train for hours and hours at a range, take classes on gun safety, etc). In the last week I've been considering breaking my own "rules" on that too.
Watching the country spiral out of control (in so many ways) is terrifying and I have the financial means to purchase 1-2 guns, a safe, and lots of ammo. I'm quickly running out of good reasons to not "pull the trigger" as it were...
This is one community that I'd be interested to hear feedback from on this. I have no desire or want to use a gun on a living thing but I'm increasingly feeling like a baseball bat is no longer acceptable for home defense. When things go bad they go bad quickly, I don't want to be left exposed.
I first thought about when COVID-19 hit but told myself it would be unsafe and stupid for me to buy a gun when I couldn't do what I considered "table-stakes" for owning a gun (train for hours and hours at a range, take classes on gun safety, etc). In the last week I've been considering breaking my own "rules" on that too.
Watching the country spiral out of control (in so many ways) is terrifying and I have the financial means to purchase 1-2 guns, a safe, and lots of ammo. I'm quickly running out of good reasons to not "pull the trigger" as it were...
This is one community that I'd be interested to hear feedback from on this. I have no desire or want to use a gun on a living thing but I'm increasingly feeling like a baseball bat is no longer acceptable for home defense. When things go bad they go bad quickly, I don't want to be left exposed.