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Politically, I lean progressive. When I left the US military 20+ years ago and moved overseas, I was against owning a gun.

A decade ago, I moved back to the US. A year later, I saw a feral dog attack a man in front of my house. It shook me.

I bought my 1st gun (Glock 19) to protect family and neighbors. It was too large for comfortable concealed carry, so I switched to a Sig P365: compact, concealable, practical.

Then I saw openly armed neo-Nazis marching with AR-style rifles: functionally identical to what I trained on in the military. I decided Nazis shouldn’t be the only ones armed.

I bought an AR “pistol” (thanks, weird gun laws), chambered in the larger .300 Blackout round. Better for short barrels; more practical for home defense.

So: I’m a progressive gun owner. This piece by “liberal gun-owning sociologist” David Yamane resonated.

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Politically, I lean progressive. When I left the US military 20+ years ago and moved overseas, I was against owning a gun.

A decade ago, I moved back to the US. A year later, I saw a feral dog attack a man in front of my house. It shook me.

I bought my 1st gun (Glock 19) to protect family and neighbors. It was too large for comfortable concealed carry, so I switched to a Sig P365: compact, concealable, practical.

Then I saw openly armed neo-Nazis marching with AR-style rifles: functionally identical to what I trained on in the military. I decided Nazis shouldn’t be the only ones armed.

I bought an AR “pistol” (thanks, weird gun laws), chambered in the larger .300 Blackout round. Better for short barrels; more practical for home defense.

So: I’m a progressive gun owner. This piece by “liberal gun-owning sociologist” David Yamane resonated.

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https://theconversation.com/guns-in-america-a-liberal-gun-owning-sociologist-offers-5-observations-to-understand-americas-culture-of-firearms-251084

Progressive gun owner here. Protecting our communities and refusing to cede firearm culture to extremists isn’t a contradiction. Solidarity.