I never expected DJT to be worried about my Constitutional rights. If I did, a quick look at his history would show I was likely going to be disappointed.
I was at his big appearance that was a private invite held in a theatre, January 2016, at the SHOT Show. Jr and his pals got DJT up on the stage to talk about his support for 2A. He started rambling, mixing in a small bit of 2A and a lot of other stuff. The superficiality of his comments made it clear, at least to me, that he was interested in 2A because of the political convenience of saying such. That day was a pretty abrupt change to his prior softness on 2A. But, he said the right things about his opponent, HRC, the most disliked person at SHOT Show that year.
That was enough to get half the crowd standing and cheering. The rest of us kind of sat there, listening, hopeful that maybe he really cared about 2A. I hoped he would do good things when he won. I gave him the benefit of the doubt that maybe I misread him, though I didn't trust him or his history enough such that I cast a write-in vote.
Well, time has shown he doesn't care about 2A or any parts of the Constitution, unless it is politically convenient. I'm not surprised or disappointed, as that was kind of my expectation. If he thought he could get the Epstein issue to disappear by eliminating the 2nd Amendment, he'd do it by noon tomorrow.
Just a reality of the situation. And anyone who is surprised by this 2A waffling today give it time; by Friday the polls will show how this recent statement was a bad position, and he'll change his tune once again.
At his core he has no life experiences to connect him to rural values. Often times his comfort comes by saying what he feels instinctively. We all do that. In his case, it results in comments that are reflective of a New Jersey real estate developer, a person who is disconnected to the values and concerns of rural and conservative people. He's done a pretty good job of convincing people for the last ten years that he somehow can relate to rural America. His opponents have often times openly ridiculed rural America, making him their default choice.
It is what it is. I'm not counting on him to be my defender of 2A. I'll be my own advocate for 2A.
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