I feel like an outsider in the gun community

chexmix · December 28, 2010, 11:33 PM

I love guns, always have even when all I had was my grandpas bolt action hunting rifle. On the other hand I am a liberal, I support the health care bill(didn't go far enough), gay marriage(I believe it wrong to be gay but its my view, not my place to judge) and abortion(its wrong but same argument as gay marriage).

I feel like an outsider at the range and with my gun friends.

Just wanna know how other people in my situation deal with it.

Rob228 · December 28, 2010, 11:44 PM

I'm a conservative myself, but I'd venture to say go with "bar rules" if you can't have an intelligent political discussion with the guys you shoot with without it turning into an argument, don't talk politics at the range.

comn-cents · December 28, 2010, 11:51 PM

I never talk politics, I just go practice, never seem to have a problem.

pax · December 28, 2010, 11:58 PM

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I never talk politics...

And that's the appropriate way to deal with it on TFL.

(Link -- esp #1 and #5)

pax

December 28, 2010, 11:51 PM	#3
comn-cents Senior Member Join Date: June 18, 2008 Location: Pac.N.W. Posts: 1,804	I never talk politics, I just go practice, never seem to have a problem. __________________ Be Smarter Than A Bore-Snake!

December 28, 2010, 11:33 PM	#1
chexmix Senior Member Join Date: November 28, 2009 Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan Posts: 109	I feel like an outsider in the gun community I love guns, always have even when all I had was my grandpas bolt action hunting rifle. On the other hand I am a liberal, I support the health care bill(didn't go far enough), gay marriage(I believe it wrong to be gay but its my view, not my place to judge) and abortion(its wrong but same argument as gay marriage). I feel like an outsider at the range and with my gun friends. Just wanna know how other people in my situation deal with it. __________________ My political views have been described as this, "You are the bastard child of Sarah Palin and Al Gore".

December 28, 2010, 11:44 PM	#2
Rob228 Senior Member Join Date: May 29, 2010 Location: Hampstead NC Posts: 1,450	I'm a conservative myself, but I'd venture to say go with "bar rules" if you can't have an intelligent political discussion with the guys you shoot with without it turning into an argument, don't talk politics at the range.