Do you support the vulgarity in our current executive branch of government and the stoking of fear of everything from immigrants to Democrats? Do you support the separation of children from parents and the deportation of those parents to other countries?
How about the cruel neglect of the Dreamers? Do you support scorched-earth tariffs that impose crippling taxes on American businesses and consumers? Are you pleased that POTUS alienates our allies and makes cozy with murderous authoritarians?
One political party supports these policies, either overtly or by acquiescence. One does not. Most Republicans will vote for Trump in 2020 regardless of his financial ties to bad actors.
Do you believe that any limitations of gun rights are infringements of the Second Amendment, or do you agree with Ronald Reagan that assault weapons should be banned? I agree with Antonin Scalia, who did not believe that citizens were guaranteed the right to own an assault-style weapon, which is easily defined despite what the NRA says.
The AR-15 (and similar models) is the symbol of gun-right absolutism and historically is the firearm most capable of inflicting the greatest number of casualties in a single shooting incident. Some will say that a ban would be ineffective because of the vast number of these weapons already possessed. However, it is critical that we as a society take a strong position with a ban that sends the message that these weapons represent an unreasonable risk of harm.
The manufacture of these weapons and their accessories should be stopped. Subsequently, they could be confiscated when discovered during the course of appropriate investigation of crimes justifying a search by law enforcement authorities. It is slow progress, but we're now in the position of needing to understand that gaining
