How many Democrats exercise their Second Amendment rights? And if you do, do you own a handgun or a larger weapon? (Dispense with the "Democrats dont believe in guns they want the UN to take over - those and other comments we have all heard before!) And my answer is I'm a Democratic handgun owner.
2006-06-26 17:53:52 · 13 answers · asked by Michael H 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
i don't own a gun..... and don't want one... but i respect the right for any citizen to own one if he or she wants to!!!!!
2006-06-26 18:09:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Second Amendment - Bearing Arms
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
I'm a Democrat and I want to own a 20 g. shotgun. I don't have a enough money to buy the gun and the membership to a cool sports(wo)men's club.
That being said, I do not believe that the Second Amendment in any way guarantees my right to own a firearm. That Amendment is about national security when read in context, not personal rights to firearms. We didn't have a standing army back then, folks. We had to count on the citizens to arm themselves back then to provide for our national defense, not to encourage and protect private militias.
Read it in context...lest you be rightfully accused of an activist interpretation of our Constitution.
2006-06-26 19:56:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I would bet that more than half of them do. Here's why I think that.
The three biggest enclaves of Democrats is in the Northeast part of the U.S., metropolitan areas, and the West Coast.
I think that most people on the West Coast have guns, not for protection from crime, but for protection against the elements. There are more critters endangered in forest fires and there is more open space in the west. In urban centers where there is more crime, I would bet that the liberal democrat would shoot a criminal twice if the criminal endangered his family.
I think a lot more Democrats own guns than would like to let on. But if I had a gun, I wouldn't tell anyone about it, either. Just talking about it could get you dead.
2006-06-26 18:20:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not a democrat but rather an independent who votes across teh ticket but I vote for the liberal 95% of the time (last president I voted for who won was Clinton)
I own a small arsenal of handguns, shotguns & rifles in calibers both large and small
2006-06-26 18:03:06 · answer #4 · answered by der_grosse_e 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Democrat
1 handgun 40 cal S&W
1 .308 Winchester model 70
2 .22 rifles
3 shotguns
2006-06-27 05:05:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm getting a gun and a conceal and carry license. A relatively liberal Democrat cannot be too cautious in these crazy times. Living in the reddest part of a red state is no piece of cake, you know.
2006-07-01 16:06:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm Dem and I own 19 guns, since we can't have full auto, mine are all semi auto, rifles & shotguns 7.62 Nato, 250 Roberts, and 223, shotguna are 20 gage, 12 gage, and 10 gage. the only way I will give them up is whensomeone prys them out of my dead hands. and then they better watch their asses because all of my neighbor also have their guns and when the shootin starts you can bet they will be on my side.
2006-06-26 18:18:21 · answer #7 · answered by William A Welsh 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we have guns. Handgun and shotguns for hunting.We are democrats also.
2006-06-26 18:00:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a republican gun owner, and I know some democrat gun owners. I know some dems with conceal carries as well.
2006-06-27 00:29:06 · answer #9 · answered by kelly24592 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a republican non-owner, but my sister is a democrat gun owner. If I were her, I would too!
2006-06-26 17:58:10 · answer #10 · answered by allibris_3 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
One more here. Sig P229. I am all for personal liberties, regardless of which side of the aisle they fall on.
2006-06-26 17:58:06 · answer #11 · answered by DIRT MCGIRT 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋