Thursday, December 19, 2013

"And The Truth Shall Set You Free..."

Chris Cheng
From Recoil Magazine
Chris Cheng—Coming Out Of The Gun Closet
Article by David Reeder

Recently in an article about Austin Weiss I said the “…Second Amendment belongs to Americans. All Americans. Male or female; black, white, purple or green; inked and bearded and pierced or not…” One group I didn’t mention was the gay community.

It’s honestly not something I’d put much thought in; just never occurred to me. Though the experience of Tom Palmer (an openly gay man who used a gun to ward off attackers) in San Jose in 1982 is as significant a gun control issue as that of John Hechinger (one of the major catalysts for the original D.C. gun ban) in 1975, I never considered sexual orientation to be of any significance whatsoever with regard to owning a firearm. In fact, I never considered the sexual orientation – gun ownership equation at all.

Chris Cheng, the Season 4 Champion of the History Channel’s Top Shot, is a great marksman and a staunch proponent of the Second Amendment. He is also gay.

Read the rest of the story here.


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