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You're not right wing, though, and that's the point. Sure, you're conservative (by my definition) and you're libertarian, but you're not right wing. You're not a Bush Republican. Shit, you're not even a Reagan Republican (even if you think you are). Because you're neither of these things, you and your ilk are separated from a majority of conservatives in gun culture. Sure, there are others like you, but you'd be in the minority at a Tea Party or NRA convention. Or in line at the gun store.
If you want evidence of lockstep, look at the past 8 years for truckloads of it. Not one shot was fired as one of the most repressive governments of my lifetime spied on dissidents, kidnapped and tortured people, etc. etc. etc. When Clinton was being what I thought at the time was a bad president, conservatives were going nuts. He was almost impeached over what had to be a pretty shitty bj. Someone blew up an entire federal building. During Bush? Nada. That tells me one thing; if there's a Republican in office when that Orwellian line is eventually crossed—and if Reagan/Bush1/Bush2 are any indication, there will be—the conservative right wingers won't have the objectivity to rebel.
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