(ThyBlackMan.com) Republicans love guns as much as they hate big government. Maybe I should say: real conservatives take their right to bear arms and defend themselves under the US Constitution’s second amendment VERY seriously. There’s a reason why you see so many bumper stickers reading “God, country, guns” on Republicans’ cars.
During the 2008 campaign, Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama opined that conservatives from small towns “cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment.” All of this is true. But Republicans of all stripes, center to right wing, were outraged by Obama’s condescending, snide remarks. In fact, it was remarks like these and his policies that gave birth to the Tea Party movement in 2010.
Nothing gets a conservative — or indeed the National Rifle Association, one of America’s most powerful lobby groups — more riled up than Democrats assaulting legal gun ownership. Each time there’s a mass shooting by a lunatic in America, Democrats are quick to blame “lax gun laws” not the madmen behind the trigger.
“Violence is raging out of control in this nation and liberals don’t want Republicans to defend themselves”
America’s most violent cities, Chicago, Baltimore, and Washington DC, are governed by Democrats and have the most prohibitive gun laws. This summer the nation’s capitol recorded 105 homicides — already more than 2014. The DC Police Department is offering $2,500 to people who surrender illegal guns.
Lawmakers in these cities allow illegal guns to proliferate, yet force law-abiding citizens to remain unarmed, sitting ducks. As a 
Republican and resident of DC, I know something about this. Recently, I received a threat on social media which finally prompted me to apply for a concealed carry pistol license. It’s a nightmare. The gun ownership guidelines run 15 pages long.
First I took the 30-minute online gun safety class. Next, I have to complete two and half-day firearms training that can only be taught by one of the 18 trainers approved by the DC Metropolitan Police Department. I have to pay a total of $536 fees for fingerprinting, background check, training, and so on. The biggest insult is I have to prove I have “a good reason to fear injury” and other arbitrary requirements set up by the DC Police Chief.
“The fact that an applicant lives or works in a high crime area, in and of itself, is not a sufficient reason for the issuance of a Concealed Carry Pistol License,” the application states.
Violence is raging out of control in both the city and the nation and liberals don’t want Republicans to defend themselves. This is brings us to Jeb Bush.
The Telegraph asked various Republican presidential candidates how many guns they own. Jeb Bush is one of only two who own none. While governor of Florida, Bush signed the “stand your ground” gun law that allows citizens to use deadly force if necessary to defend themselves against attack rather than retreating. He also received an A+ rating from the NRA for his gun policies as governor. But many conservatives will ask, “How does Jeb not own a gun?” They may even assume Rep. Jeb Bush’s so rich he pays bodyguards to protect himself and his family against crime.
Either way, Rep. Jeb Bush’s lack of gun ownership is a big problem. It further reinforces the widely held belief among conservatives that Jeb is a “Republican in Name Only” (RINO). Jeb supports a pathway to amnesty for illegal immigrants. Last year, he even lamented that they break the law to come to America out of “an act of love” to help their families. Then there’s Jeb’s support of Common Core, national educational testing standards, which most Republicans disdain.
I don’t believe you have to own a gun to protect America’s 2nd amendment. But I’m not running for president. To many conservatives, Jeb’s lack of gun ownership is yet another sign how out of touch he is with his party. The son and brother of former presidents, Jeb keeps claiming he’s more conservative than Donald Trump. But his Jell-O like policy positions prove otherwise and won’t help him win working class white voters, who cling to their guns and whom Bush needs to win the nomination.
Who is the real Jeb Bush? That’s the burning question that continues to dog his campaign. Along with the fact that Jeb appears to think he’s entitled to the GOP nomination. From the looks of Jeb’s tanking poll numbers, he’s not even trying. Maybe it’s time for Jeb to get a gun — and a personality.
Written By Crystal Wright
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