Decisions, Decisions: It’s Not Easy Being a Liberal Gun Owner in an Election Year

By Lisa Marie Pane, AP Like many liberals, Lara Smith considers herself a feminist, favors abortion rights and believes the nation’s immigration policies under the Trump administration have just been “vile.” But when it comes to guns, Smith sounds more like a conservative: She opposes reviving the nation’s assault weapons ban, enacting red-flag laws or … Read more

Meet Sarah Cade, Liberal Gun Rights Advocate

It goes without saying. Not all gun owners are right-leaning, Trump-voting, old fat white guys. Take, for example, Sarah Cade, the subject of a profile today in the Minnesota Star Tribune. Cade is young, biracial and passionately liberal. She’s also become a self-described gun nut and a staunch defender of gun ownership. But she wants … Read more