Progressive Militia?

[OhZone]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by billh58 (a host of the Gun Control Reform Activism group).

I'm still in favor of better background checks and more scrutiny preventing terrorists from getting weopons easily, BUT -

What do people think about starting a Progressive Militia?

It's my brother's idea, actually.

Are there such groups already?

[bravenak]

1. We might just need one soon

Also, a black NRA. Cause these mofos are scary as hell.

I wish I did not feel this way

[OhZone]

3. Yeah, that's how me and my brother Dylan feel -

I mean, all the weapons should be legal and we should train properly.

One good thing is that a progressive militia would allow a diverse group. All races, genders, creeds, religions, and LGBTQ. (I'm lez,btw.)

All to be ready and available if we need to defend ourselves.

[bravenak]

5. I think all high capacity weapons should be stored at an armory

Those weapons should be for militia use only. Training and pracitsing shoukd be done regularly, but withing the confines of militia use. That way we can own the weapons and not have someone's 20 year old kid take them to school and shoot up the dorms. We need more checks and balances in our gun usage.

[OhZone]

6. Makes sense nt

[Hoyt]

2. I think it sucks if suggesting an armed "progressive" militia.

We can kick their ass without becoming like them if it comes to that.

[OhZone]

4. Hope so. nt

[unblock]

7. heaven help us if the media gets wind of even a mildly armed liberal "militia".

they'll get a media blitz followed by an even bigger nra-led fear/ad campaign and the right-wing militias will double in number and triple their arsenals.

i certainly see the initial appeal, but this would quickly backfire.

[OhZone]

8. If Trump does what I fear, we might be on the same side as most of the right wing militias. nt

[Hoyt]

10. The white wing militias will volunteer to help Trump make America White Again.

I certainly don't see ever being on their side.

[billh58]

21. You mean we would

become bigots, racists, and white supremacists? Right-wing militias only carry guns to make them look big and strong, but at their core they are bullies and cowards, and anti-social, anti-American asshats.

This is a Group whose SOP is the reduction of gun violence -- not the promotion of more gun violence. The correct answer would be to pass laws that would not allow unstable and violent people to have guns in the first place.

If you actually want a civil war, there are many in progress in other parts of the world that you and your brother could volunteer for.

[bravenak]

9. Especially if blacks folks get to have guns too

Lord! We might actually get some gun control if that happens.

[unblock]

12. They'll never allow that!

Well, they'll allow blacks to have just enough guns to be able to justify killing on the basis of mistaking a wallet or a cell phone or maybe just a shadow for a gun.

And if there ever *were* any draconian gun control, it certainly wouldn't be applied equally....

[bravenak]

13. Oh I know!

Imagine an all black NRA with millions of members. There would be a national gun round up, but only those black guns. I would enjoy watching gunners justify taking people's guns. Quoting them back to themselves later would be even funner

[unblock]

14. I get it, but winning in rhetoric only is small consolation....

[safeinOhio]

17. Reagan baned assault

rifles in California when a few Black folks showed up on the capital with some.

[bravenak]

18. That is exactly what was on my mind

[ozone82]

19. It Was The Mulford Act

The Mulford Act was a 1967 California bill that repealed a law allowing public carrying of loaded firearms. Named after Republican assemblyman Don Mulford, the bill was crafted in response to members of the Black Panther Party who were conducting armed patrols of Oakland neighborhoods while they were conducting what would later be termed copwatching. They garnered national attention after the Black Panthers marched bearing arms upon the California State Capitol to protest the bill.

[ozone82]

20. Black Panthers Photo

[braddy]

11. Join your local chapter of the Pink Pistols, or the Liberal Gun Club

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Pistols

http://www.theliberalgunclub.com/

""The Liberal Gun Club is not alone in catering to left-leaning gun advocates. Kindred institutions include the Blue Steel Democrat, Gun Loving Liberal, Pink Pistols and the online publication American Gun Culture Report.

On its website, Pink Pistols (slogan: ‘Pick On Someone Your Own Caliber’) urges ‘gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or polyamorous persons’ to take up arms legally.

‘We teach queers to shoot,’ says the site. ‘Then we teach others that we have done so. Armed queers don’t get bashed. We change the public perception of the sexual minorities, such that those who have in the past perceived them as safe targets for violence and hateful acts will realize that now [they are] armed and effective with those arms.""

[OhZone]

15. Perfect!

Thanks!

[billh58]

22. Promoting pro-gun organizations

in this Group is against the SOP. Buh bye...

[Nitram]

16. I'm keeping my powder dry and my guns well oiled.

Joining a militia can wait until there is a clear and present danger.

[Paladin]

23. That's what I'm doing.

I've been in favor of gun control for a long time---but that's a far cry from advocating helplessness against right-wing hordes.

[Nitram]

24. Exactly.

[shadowrider]

25. Hang on

Does this mean that those mean, evil, NRA loving gun humpers in the dungeon were right and that firearms in self-defense is now a good thing?

Is DU now pro-gun?

I'm so confused.

[Paladin]

26. You need to appreciate the irony of the situation.

At long last, the U.S. has opted for just the sort of scary, terroristic, lunacy-directed government that has furnished the raging paranoia that has propelled the pro-gun movement for decades. But the thing is---it's a right-wing government, and the pro-gunners have been in the right-wing corner, all this time. It was supposed to be a left-wing regime that would take their guns away---Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton were the villains with the black helicopters. Trust me: your confusion is mild, compared to what your neighbors in the NRA are dealing with.

And I'm not going to tell you to run out and buy a gun. But I'm happier now than ever that I have a few, given how bad things are getting. Advocating gun control is not contrary to reasonable self-defense measures---no matter what the pro-gunners tell you.


Edited to add: I see that 31% of your posts are in Gun Control/RKBA. I should have known that, immediately. No big deal; hope you enjoyed your visit. Feel free to share my comments with the folks over there......