In some ways, I’m very difficult to peg.
Every time I’ve taken the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® test, I find myself recognizing when a particular question is trying to ascertain whether I am Introverted or Extroverted. And every time, I try to go with the first situation that pops into my head, but I immediately think of some other situation for which the answer is completely opposite. And in neither case is my answer iffy… it’s like a holy-crap-yes-strongly-agree or it’s OMG-no-no-no-strongly-disagree… for the exact same question.
So when it’s all done, the thing puts me a little nudge to one side or the other on the I-to-E scale, as if I had given middle-ish answers to all those questions. Nope. I gave extreme answers, but very polarized.
The same is true of the Red vs. Blue, R vs. D, Right vs. Left. If you tried to find an average of my views, you’d probably conclude that I’m a centrist. The most recent example of this is the 2nd Amendment. I honestly believe I would fight in a shooting-back-and-forth battle to defend my 2nd Amendment right. I own guns; always have. But I would also argue at the top of my lungs until I’m blue in the face that our current interpretation of the 2nd Amendment is completely screwed up, outdated, backward, misguided, and otherwise just freaking wrong.
Limit how many rounds may be in a handgun clip, or rifle magazine? Not an infringement, in my opinion.
Outlaw bump stocks? Not an infringement.
Require Universal Background Checks regardless of who sells what to whom? Not an infringement.
Raise the minimum age for purchasing certain classes of weapons? Not an infringement.
Outright ban on a well-defined (unlike last time) class of weapons? Not necessarily an infringement.
Waiting periods? Not an infringement.
Requirement to pass safety training? Not an infringement.
Requirement to pass skills test? Not an infringement.
Requirement to keep current liability insurance? Not an infringement. (And mind you, I hate insurance companies.)
Mental health screening? Not an infringement.
Confiscation of weapons when someone has made batshit-crazy remarks or credible threats? Not an infringement.
Yanking the tax-exempt status of the evil-dickweed NRA? Not an infringement. In fact, a damned good idea.
Putting firearm registration info into a computerized database, instead of those stupid index cards? Not an infringement, and also a damned good idea.
