‘For years I quietly mocked 2A defenders’
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Democrats spent years pushing for gun restrictions. Now they’re rushing to buy firearms and invoking Second Amendment rights after federal agents killed a licensed gun owner in Minneapolis.
Theshifthasdrawnaccusationsofhypocrisyfromconservativecritics.WritinginTheHill,columnistRobbySoavenotedthatprogressives“favorallsortsofrestrictionsongunownership”yetnowchampionconstitutionalgunrightsfollowingAlexPretti’sdeath.TheACLUevenbackpedaledonwhetheritsupportsconcealedcarryrightsforprotesters,Soavewrote.
FormerMinnesotaDemocratRep.DeanPhillipsofferedanadmissiononsocialmedia.“ForyearsIquietlymocked2AdefenderswhoarguedarmswerenecessarytodefendAmericanrightsagainstatyrannicalgovernment,”Phillipswrote.“TodayIapologize,becauseI’veseenitwithmyowneyes.”(RELATED:GunRightsGroupsUrge‘ResponsiblePublicVoices’InAftermathOfMNShooting)
Thepoliticalawakeninghastranslatedintorealnumbers.TheLiberalGunClubsawmembershipjumpfrom2,700to4,500sinceNovember,NPRreported
