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Wonder how liberals now feel about gun control. (lemmy.world)
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We can kick the broader topic around all day, be happy to, but I'm wondering if many liberals have changed their view. I've seen a great many posts on lemmy stating just that, but is a sea change coming?

During the first Trump administration, and maybe continuing until today, LGBT, blacks and women, taken as a whole, were the top gun purchasing demographic. I've posted that fact dozens of times over the years, both here and on reddit. I'm betting that caused some cognitive dissonance!

"We love trans people!"

"They sure are buying shitloads of guns! And they're most welcome to the community!"

"..."

While we're at it, notice how ICE is targeting non-armed areas like NYC and LA? OTOH, that may be to punish liberal areas. Both?

Anyway, I have a brown, legal, immigrant wife, so I have a dog in this fight.

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[–] domdanial@reddthat.com 7 points 2 weeks ago

On a grand social level, most left leaning people would prefer no easy access to guns. Other countries have succeeded in this, for their own reasons.

In the United States, the people targeting minorities have guns. Minorities buying guns is self defense and a reaction to increased persecution.

Other left leaning people who are normally against guns recognize that oppressed minorities are less likely to commit hate crimes with them(especially against people that support them), and more likely to use them for defense, as a deterrent, or for radical action against oppression.