The past few weeks are making me rethink my feelings about guns and the Second Amendment.

[RandySF]

My wife is a person of color, my son is a mixed-race American and right here in safe, blue San Francisco, a Latino woman was physically assaulted by a Trump-lover at Crissy Field. In San Jose, some attached a woman and ripped her hijab off in a deserted parking lot. These incidents happened in the deepest-blue parts of a blue state and I don't need to go into what's happened elsewhere. If we are not going to have a president or Justice Department that will not have our backs, it may be time to get our own backs and do something I swore I would never do. And that is to arm myself.

[rzemanfl]

1. In before the lock. n/t

[Duckhunter935]

2. Indeed

[pintobean]

5. and load

[rzemanfl]

7. I have been away from DU. Apparently things have loosened up on some topics. n/t

[pintobean]

8. I don't know

I stopped caring about what gets locked long ago.

[rzemanfl]

9. I'm worried Drumpf will have his minions locking our cells. n/t

[bravenak]

3. I know how you feel

[gwheezie]

4. I think the right-wing loons

Will shoot each other at some point. We have a few teabag hold outs where I live that have started putting up anti trump signs.

[Paladin]

6. Thanks for articulating what so many of us have been thinking. (nt)

[Calculating]

10. Well said OP

There are some dark and dangerous times ahead for America. Trumps administration could set our country back 30-40 years after all is said and done. Hate and bigotry have become more socially acceptable and emboldened due to the Orange Messiah's victory. Can't hurt to have the means to protect yourself and those you love.

[pablo_marmol]

11. I was going to start a thread in "The Gungeon" on this very topic.

If Trump and his filthy followers don't represent what the Founding Fathers were thinking about when penning the 2nd Amendment.............

The irony runs DEEP.

[ileus]

12. We should all be progressive on the 2A...all the time.

Feeling safe is just that a feeling. Dialing a number and hoping someone shows up isn't a safety plan anyone should bet their life on.