Elections Trump's approval rating

[Mr. Shickadance]

Thank you good sir!

I'm pro 2nd amendment/gun rights. Despite finding things like school shootings being abhorrent and sometimes speaking out of both sides of my mouth on this topic I'm uncomfortable with being disarmed and probably for the same or at least similar reasons as a lot of gun owners.

Eh I guess this is where we disagree , disarming is not not an option, America has a real chance for true freedom, because of how armed we are and how somewhat isolated we are

 

[deviake]

Eh I guess this is where we disagree , disarming in not not an option, America has a real chance for true freedom, because of how armed we are and how somewhat isolated we are

I've no argument against your position. I'm more pro gun than I've ever been now. Until recently I felt a bit Republican on the issue as I didn't feel I could argue against anti-gun positions well and saw where liberals and some of the left was coming from but I also felt uncomfortable with confiscation for obvious reasons. My stance is more solidified.

 

[Mr. Shickadance]

I've no argument against your position. I'm more pro gun than I've ever been now. Until recently I felt a bit Republican on the issue as I didn't feel I could argue against anti-gun positions well and saw where liberals and some of the left was coming from but I also felt uncomfortable with confiscation for obvious reasons. My stance is more solidified.

Education leads to more freedom and that’s what we should strive for, guns are here and never going away, proper use and culture around it should be more pushed.

There is a good culture around guns where people understand and respect power, there is also the weak man who uses a gun to get power, education and culture can negate the latter.

 

[Deorum]

Some of the responses that you and @Deorum gave would be things that would pull you in to vote, but lose me. It’s hard to find a good line where you can be in the middle.

What do you have against public lands remaining in public hands, comrade? Or taking the agencies who manage them off the starvation diets they've been on since 2010 (and Dems have had chances to do so). I genuinely fucking detest Republican ideas, proposals, and schemes to sell it off to corporations and private interests. I hate it like few other things in this world.

 

[BFoe]

What do you have against public lands remaining in public hands, comrade? Or taking the agencies who manage them off the starvation diets they've been on since 2010 (and Dems have had chances to do so). I genuinely fucking detest Republican ideas, proposals, and schemes to sell it off to corporations and private interests. I hate it like few other things in this world.

That wasn’t what I was referring to..,.

But I’m sure you know we saved national monuments from being carved up, sold to foreign countries, and drilled on during the first Trump administration. And you are welcome, sir.

 

[Deleted member 592570]

the weirdo canadian trumper doesn't want to update his thread, i wonder why that is?

Sorry, been busy with life. You should try getting one.

 

[Deleted member 592570]

Maybe you think he was dementia-ridden

His own party thought that. That's why they kicked him out.

 

[Daverisimo]

I've no argument against your position. I'm more pro gun than I've ever been now. Until recently I felt a bit Republican on the issue as I didn't feel I could argue against anti-gun positions well and saw where liberals and some of the left was coming from but I also felt uncomfortable with confiscation for obvious reasons. My stance is more solidified.

The thing is, as much as I disagree with gun confiscation as a general principle, it's also a terrible idea for purely pragmatic reasons. There's a segment of the population that are itching at the chance to kill leftists, queer folks, minorities, etc, and these people are very well armed. Moreover, any confiscatory policies are likely to be selectively enforced by cops. The end result of such policies are that the people who want to murder me and most of the people I care about will still have their guns, and we won't. Any gun-grabbing by self-proclaimed "leftists" is, frankly, suicidal.

 

[Deorum]

That wasn’t what I was referring to..,.

But I’m sure you know we saved national monuments from being carved up, sold to foreign countries, and drilled on during the first Trump administration. And you are welcome, sir.

You are so serious, lol. I know it wasn't, silly. The Dems are indeed a useful guard to that end, although so much of what's been continually fought for and preserved has been thanks to non-profit conservation group litigation and sheer public pressure on politicians that is often more bipartisan than people realize. I mean, I'd say the political posture of an org like the Center For Bio-Diversity is certainly left-leaning; Backcountry Hunters and Anglers? Nope. And it's a beautiful union of Americans who come together for a common purpose and shared love.

After a massive backlash, a Republican yanks his bill to sell off public lands

He didn’t count on pissing off hunters.

www.vox.com

In January, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) introduced a bill in the House that would direct the Bureau of Land Management to sell off 3.3 million acres of federally owned lands — an area the size of Connecticut. But this week, Chaffetz decided to yank the bill after a fierce backlash from hunters, sportsmen and women, and conservationists on both the left and the right. Privatizing public land, it turns out, is a lot harder than it sounds.

A backlash to Chaffetz’s bill quickly formed, as Alex Robinson of Outdoor Life detailed. Conservationists and hunting groups noted that selling off even small parcels of land to private interests could cut off public access into national forests for hunters or campers. But perhaps more relevant, many groups seemed to see this as a gateway to a much bigger fire sale of federal lands down the road. The precise lands in play here were less important than the larger principles at stake.

One group, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, raised a particular fuss. “For Mr. Chaffetz, you’ve kicked the hornet’s nest, and the army is amassing,” said its CEO, Land Tawney, on a widely shared Facebook video. “And I will put my money on the people every single time. The only thing you can do to make this right is to pull those bills back.” A coalition of outdoors groups — including the National Wildlife Federation, the National Wild Turkey Federation, Pheasants Forever, Trout Unlimited, and Remington — started circulating a petition to stop the bill.

 

[deviake]

The thing is, as much as I disagree with gun confiscation as a general principle, it's also a terrible idea for purely pragmatic reasons. There's a segment of the population that are itching at the chance to kill leftists, queer folks, minorities, etc, and these people are very well armed. Moreover, any confiscatory policies are likely to be selectively enforced by cops. The end result of such policies are that the people who want to murder me and most of the people I care about will still have their guns, and we won't. Any gun-grabbing by self-proclaimed "leftists" is, frankly, suicidal.

Yep. Well said. That's more the kind of stuff that I started thinking about as my pro gun position solidified. I've owned guns since I was in my teens but was ambivalent toward guns in general for awhile for aforementioned reasons. No longer.

 

[BFoe]

You are so serious, lol.

Always. I haven’t smiled in 17 years and I’m not about to start now.

 

[Deorum]

The thing is, as much as I disagree with gun confiscation as a general principle, it's also a terrible idea for purely pragmatic reasons. There's a segment of the population that are itching at the chance to kill leftists, queer folks, minorities, etc, and these people are very well armed. Moreover, any confiscatory policies are likely to be selectively enforced by cops. The end result of such policies are that the people who want to murder me and most of the people I care about will still have their guns, and we won't. Any gun-grabbing by self-proclaimed "leftists" is, frankly, suicidal.

Yep. Well said. That's more the kind of stuff that I started thinking about as my pro gun position solidified. I've owned guns since I was in my teens but was ambivalent toward guns in general for awhile for aforementioned reasons. No longer.

When a conservative SCOTUS is actually awesome.

 

[Daverisimo]

When a conservative SCOTUS is actually awesome.

Heartbreaking: The worst person you know makes a good point.

 

[Deorum]

Heartbreaking: The worst person you know makes a good point.

I mean, I decided long ago that I was going to own guns whether I have a legal Constitutional Right to do so or not. But the difference there is still of monumental importance, particularly if you'd ever have to utilize it for the purpose of self-defense in a life or death scenario. I think there would be a lot less legal wrangling had Madison's original draft been what was adopted and ratified.



(@Rob Battisti)

In any case, Thomas has overseen and ruled in favor of some very notable landmark decisions and expansions of gun rights over the last couple of decades.

District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. It ruled that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms—unconnected with service in a militia—for traditionally lawful purposes such as self-defense within the home, and that the District of Columbia's handgun ban and requirement that lawfully owned rifles and shotguns be kept "unloaded and disassembled or bound by a trigger lock" violated this guarantee.

McDonald v. City of Chicago, 561 U.S. 742 (2010), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that found that the right of an individual to keep and bear arms, as protected under the Second Amendment, is incorporated by the Fourteenth Amendment and is thereby enforceable against the states. The decision cleared up the uncertainty left in the wake of District of Columbia v. Heller as to the scope of gun rights in regard to the states.

New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States related to the Second Amendment. The ruling struck down the Sullivan Act, a 1911 New York state law requiring applicants for a concealed carry license to show "proper cause" or "special need". Expanding on the landmark District of Columbia v. Heller decision, the court ruled that the Second Amendment also protects an individual's right to carry a firearm in public for the purposes of self-defense.

 

[Mike]

Trump is largely a turd imo but credit where it's due on the border stuff. The citizens don't WANT a porous border with anyone and everyone coming thru for handouts and crime parties. We've been pretty consistent that we don't want this for decades now. Civil war or poverty or whatever in your country of origin?

Cool I don't give a shit even a little. Good luck with your problems but stay where the fuck you are. No matter what the media tells you American citizens don't want you here, and we'll make sure you know it if you come.

We're sick of this shit.

 

[Mike]

Not hard at all

Who the fuck is the Democrats going to put up? There's no one...

The pool of potential Democrat presidential candidates is garbage.

JD Vance is far and away superior to anyone they have right now.

And unlike the fucking disaster that were Biden and Harris for public speaking, Vance is fantastic at public speaking and in interviews.

Seriously... Democrats are a fucking mess right now.


Democrat approval is barely holding about 30% right now.

Citizens becoming more Republican without necessarily becoming more conservative? Yeah I think it's pretty safe to say that's been happening. The Dems went out of their way to play all these little identity politics games. While telling everyone you gotta toe the line every step of the way or you're one of THEM. Yeah that shit is finally blowing up in their face.

People that never would have considered going red previously are so goddamn pissed off at the silly shit the Dems are constantly saying and doing, that they're leaving en masse for the only other option.

 

[curryjunkie]

Citizens becoming more Republican without necessarily becoming more conservative? Yeah I think it's pretty safe to say that's been happening. The Dems went out of their way to play all these little identity politics games. While telling everyone you gotta toe the line every step of the way or you're one of THEM. Yeah that shit is finally blowing up in their face.

People that never would have considered going red previously are so goddamn pissed off at the silly shit the Dems are constantly saying and doing, that they're leaving en masse for the only other option.

hows that going?

 

[Mike]

hows that going?

Well not great if you're a Democrat lmao

 

[AWilder]

Sorry, been busy with life. You should try getting one.

Lmao, we all know that's not true. You made a new name to come back after getting banned

 

[Deaths Head]

He's popular worldwide

He sure is now ………..and this is only the U.S .

Donald Trump’s approval rating

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He’s literally the most hated man around the world and he didn’t even have to invade a country, he’s popular alright just not the reasons you wish them to be Lol