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RIGHT NOW At NRN w/Glenn Herman: Liberal’s Solution is Disarm Everybody Who is Law Abiding

America got the chance to weigh in on the public carry of firearms in a recent online poll published by MSNBC. A staggering number of voters chose to allow the free carry of firearms in public, picking the answer “Yes! The Second Amendment guarantees it.” This is one of many different aspects of the gun control argument that prove Democrats are out of touch with the American People. Recently, Robert O’rourke (Aka, “Beto”) tweeted to the president, calling him a coward and telling him the American people want a gun buyback program.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row column_type=”block” font_color=”light” background_type=”video” video_bg_url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCYSS4mIoJA” video_bg_start_time=”139″ video_bg_end_time=”900″ video_bg_parallax=”true” bt_text=”GUNS” bt_font_weight=”300″ bt_font_style=”italic” shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ add_bigtext=”true” min_height=”100″ bt_max_width=”300″][vc_column][wvc_video_opener caption_position=”bottom” video_url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCYSS4mIoJA” caption=”Second Amendment Spotlight | Interview with GLENN HERMAN”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]However, polls such as this one prove the exact opposite. In this poll, a staggering 739 thousand votes were cast in favor of allowing citizens to carry their weapons in public. That is 93% of the total number of people who voted. Which means Walmart, and stores who have followed suit, are in real danger of alienating quite a few potential and current customers. But the Left will be the Left. And their solutions, of course, fix nothing. In a recent interview with NRN, Glenn Herman, owner of New York City Guns, opines on the solutions the Left has put forward in New York City.

Liberal Logic on Display in New York City

He tells NRN, “The decision that the Liberals in New York came to is disarm everybody who is law abiding. And they really can’t control criminals at all, so there are more guns illegally owned in the five boroughs of New York City than probably, and I’m speculating here… but there are more guns in New York than Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Alabama combined. If you look at the NYPD’s own statistics, they’re saying there are millions upon millions of illegal firearms, when in fact, they’ve only issued, I believe, 30 thousand permits. And that includes long guns and rifle permits as well. Everything must be permitted here.”

Herman states a truth that resonates with American voters. Criminals do not care about laws or store policies. So any regulations placed on the public at large do not affect them. “It’s not like New York State. You don’t need to get a special permit for long arms. But any handgun owner has to be scrutinized from here to eternity. Of course, criminals don’t need to be scrutinized at all.” Herman’s comments illustrate perfectly the need to keep the Second Amendment uninfringed. They also highlight another, rather racist, aspect of New York City government.

Speaking on just the five boroughs of New York City, Herman states the government has implemented a sort of segregationist solution. “And anyway, New York City, their solution was to turn the white areas of New York into Cop World. And the non white areas are a free for all.” This is all the more reason why MSNBC’s poll should be significant, and should draw the attention of every honest lawmaker in the country.

In the very least, it should catch the attention of Walmart and Kroger, and others like them, who have instituted store policies to keep people from carrying firearms in their stores.. If New York City serves as an example, these stores have just rendered their bread and butter (their customers) soft targets ripe for a criminal’s indelicate intentions. What does this mean for rural America?

Easier to Join the Progressive Mob

In rural America, hunting-attire is still worn in classrooms and morning hunts still qualify as family time. Walmart built its massive retail empire selling to those families. Now they are rejecting their lifestyle to appease the progressive left.

Walmart’s growth was based on building great big stores on inexpensive land just outside small- and mid-sized towns. Those stores sold everything the townsfolk needed at great prices, including guns and ammo. Those days are ending.

Following shootings in two Walmart stores, including the one in their El Paso store where 22 people were killed, the company ended sales of handgun and AR-15 style rifle ammunition. Those customers will need to go elsewhere. Small gun shop owners across the land are rejoicing.

Pandering is Easy

Walmart CEO, Doug Miller, made a business decision. Pandering to left-wing politics was better for business than sticking by his largely red-state customers. Furthermore, he called for a national debate on gun laws, including a ban on assault style rifles and expanded background checks.

Walmart had already stopped selling handguns and so-called “assault weapons” in many of its stores. So why enter the fray? The calculus was easy. Outside a few die-hard hunters and dyed-in-the-wool NRA members, Walmart knows this decision will have little impact on sales.

When Jake and Mary-Ellen need new shoes for little Bubba and Walmart is the nearest store and has the best prices, convenience and cost will trump personal politics. Sure, they may grouse as they stroll past the aisle where the ammo used to be displayed but any boycotts will be, by and large, small and rare.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][wvc_audio_embed link=”https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Xc703UsbKMneSFwDICmG6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

Walmart Is Not Alone

The corporate tilt toward progressive politics and away from red-America is spreading. As reported by USA Today, CVS, Starbucks, Target, Costco, Dick’s, Krogers, Walgreens and many other companies have joined the gun debate. They are telling their shoppers not to bring guns into their stores.

CVS explained their decision to restrict a citizen’s Constitutional right in a tweet: “We support the efforts of other individuals and groups working to prevent gun violence, and continually review our policies and procedures to ensure our stores remain a safe environment.”

Shannon Watts, founder of gun control activist group Moms Demand Action, is systematically pressuring companies to “prohibit open carry” in stores. Actress Julianne Moore has asked 100 Wegman stores in Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia to join in the fun.

Safer or Just Softer

Wegman’s quickly caved. They justified their new policy as follows: “The sight of someone with a gun can be alarming, and we don’t want anyone to feel that way at Wegmans. For this reason, we prefer that customers not openly carry firearms into our stores.”

Much of this debate centers on a 2014 FBI Study. The FBI investigated 160 “active shooter incidents” between 2000 and 2013. They found that 46 percent took place in a commercial environment (73 incidents) and 24 percent in an educational environment (39 incidents).

The left clings to those stats and wants guns removed from public spaces. They also believe large companies have large platforms and, therefore, a responsibility to speak out on important political issues, especially gun control. As expected, the right sees the issue differently.

The 2020 Election

The right sees this as more progressive nonsense. Common sense tells them shooters (obviously) don’t follow the rules. The right claims these policies only create more soft targets, the preferred killing field of mass shooters. Gun advocates think the best way to stop a bad-guy with a gun is a good-guy with a gun.

The debate rages on with both sides becoming more entrenched. The right decries what they see as an assault on an unequivocal constitutional right. The left is riding a rising wave of public sentiment that is clamoring for the government to “do something.”

Expanded background checks to include gun show sales may be the next step. In a 2018 Quinnipiac poll 97% of the general public and 95% of gun owners supported them. Where this ends is uncertain. The only thing certain is gun control and the 2nd Amendment will be top issues in the upcoming 2020 presidential election.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]