Gun Control Reform Activism

shot at over the last 40 years.

I often talk politics with them and while they often agree with many goals of the Democratic Party they usually tell me that they will never vote for a Democrat as the Democratic Party is the gun control party.

In that sense, I am "rather close" to Republicans who own firearms and target shoot on a regular basis. I get a lot of good natured razing because I am a Democrat.

I do find that most of the gun owners I know wish to see our laws better enforced and many have good suggestions on how to pass effective legislation. While they are horrified at the recent massacres we all have lived through, they refuse to believe that they are in any way responsible for the actions of criminals and those with severe mental issues.

Most of the gun owners I shoot with own "assault weapons" -- either pistols with a magazine capacity of over 10 rounds or rifles such as the AR-15. I am somewhat unusual as I don't. However I may decide to buy an AR-15 if I move to a more rural area where I might use it for target shooting and hunting feral hogs on my property. I have a dream that one day I might live far out in the country with my own gun range on my property. Unfortunately it will probably never come to be.