Why I hate Right Wing Christians

[Pat Mustard]

In this regard, I am somewhat Libertarian-leaning. It horrifies me when either side tries to use the power of government to punish people into behaving socially as they think makes for a "better world". I worry about going too far with gun restriction laws, for instance... and the notion of using force to go after people for what they say/wear (etc.)  gives me the cold shivers.

That said, I find the conservatives who used the Drug War to silence the counterculture and minority rights groups, and spread decades of propaganda lies to fuel the rise of expensive, oversized, and militarized police units (while stuffing prisons full), who dismantled our environmental protection laws to suit the bottom lines of corporate donors at the expense of the health and safety of poor Americans (See Moore's article on what happened in Flint, Michigan, for instance: http://michaelmoore.com/10FactsOnFlint/) to be much, much worse.

I'm kinda there with you. I'm right in the cross-hairs of the conflict between being very liberal/progressive and libertarian. 

I understand the need for gun controls and support many of them. But I do have a problem when a very left wing says all my guns have to be in a lock up or I can only own one or two guns. Or I can't transport them to a range without a special case or permit when I could just take the bolt out.

What's wrong with adopting the type of gun laws that work so well for most of the rest of the world? The only reason the US is so soft on gun ownership is because the government abandoned evidence based policy re guns.