That Second Amendment is for EVERY American. That’s a true story, regardless of your personal opinion on any LGBT issue. Pro-gun individuals come in every shape, size, background, sexual orientation, faith, creed,  political affiliation…you get the point.

Our God-given (well, I consider them God-given), constitutionally guaranteed rights apply to every American, not just to the ones whose lifestyle or even perceived moral code we understand and/or approve of. This video, which features three very atypical gun-owners, reflects that truth. I particularly enjoyed listening to the self-described vegan democratic-socialist discuss firearms, unnecessary violence and how the obligation to defend his family correlates to his spiritual beliefs. Kristin Beck spent 2 decades risking her life for her country, a career that more the demands respect, and I’ve written before about my friend Chris Cheng. He likened coming out of the gun closet to coming out of the gay closet.
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It’s an interesting video, and one worth watching. Hopefully we can enjoy civil discourse on the matter without seeing any of the feculent outrage that makes all gun owners look small minded or stupid (which is, of course, far different than intelligent, dissenting discourse).

99.9% of the email I receive is either regular business email, newsletters, and other typical email, but on occasion an entertaining one comes through. In this blog post, I deconstruct what's going through my mind as I read through this gem of an email.  First, here's the email in its entirety:

From : Roland Dann <[email protected]***.com>
Date: August 26th, 2014
Subject: (no subject)

Chris, It is quite an accomplishment to become NRA Top Shot! However, Nobody really cares that you have chosen to have perverted sexual relations with another man! Some day maybe you will realize that man was made for woman and that is why our anatomy is different!!! Come out of the cloeset and be a real man!!

"I think that this is an opportunity for the NRA and our community to accurately portray the diversity that already exists in the community," Cheng told me, of his new gig. "We've allowed some prevailing stereotypes to take hold, and we're not challenging them."