I live in a liberal bubble.
It's so liberal here, more people in my area voted for Jill Stein than for DT.
So I'm NOT going to go off FB. It's the main way I stay in touch with people who are outside the bubble, people in the states I grew up in, and understand their thinking a bit better. And I make an effort when I'm on FB to counter the fake news with the same kind of MSM reporting I post here.
Today I had a conversation about gun control with someone living in a red state. I didn't jump all over her for owning a gun. I listened to her when she told me about all the training she had.
And then I said I was glad she'd had that training. I pointed out that in many states, no training is required. She didn't realize that.
And in many states, no concealed carry permit is required. She didn't realize that, either.
It turns out, there are many areas of gun control she and I could agree on RIGHT NOW.
We both think that concealed carry permits should be required in all states.
That training should be required in all states.
That the age requirement should be raised to 21 for all guns.
That military grade assault weapons shouldn't be sold to civilians.
That bump stocks should not be sold.
That the database needs to be expanded and maintained.
And so, thanks to this FB conversation with a red state friend, we were able to come to an agreement on what legislation we can support. And I think everyone should interact across the partisan divide to try to learn where we can agree. FB is one way some of us do this.
Your experience, of course, may differ.
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