LGO's main contact point

liberalgunowners@gmail.com

press, Media, and writers

   While we are an ultimately fair organization, it is important to express that, in the era of social media, we see exposure through the mainstream media as something which is completely unnecessary. It is especially unnecessary relative to our own outreach, education, and publication goals. We have everything that we need within our own organization to publish information and create the levels of awareness that we desire. Liberal Gun Owners does not possess an adversarial attitude towards the media. However, as an organization, LGO is completely turned-off by the loss of journalistic ethics and values in the modern media. We are turned-off by the loaded angles that we have seen in most of the current examples of reporting on the liberal gun ownership "phenomenon." Simply put, we will not be partaking in superficial treatments. We will not be signing-off on or agreeing to articles with any writer who comes to us to collects bits, and then paint liberal gun ownership as some quirk, some reactionary process that started in January of 2017, some flash in the pan, or a novelty. Not one of these conclusions are accurate and we have observed all of these examples published in less than a year's time. We don't view the media as an entity which has the power to bestow upon us anything necessary as it pertains to our goals.

   Liberal Gun Owners supports fair, proper journalism. We don't mind criticism when it's earned. What we do not support is schlock, superficial treatments, propaganda-lite, and news as entertainment. Anyone interested in interviewing or writing a piece on LGO will have to make an effort to develop trust with us. If you don't have time for that, the time required for both sides to communicate and find a place where our two value systems meet, then don't waste your time. Any prospective writer will have to display to the organization that your goal is to create something of real value before even being seriously considered. We will not contribute to the angling and propaganda that is being created in the mainstream media right now.

Lib-Gunners Out In The World

   If you are a gun owner or if you are considering gun ownership, and you have philosophies and political views that lean left, then we want you to know that we have a secure and enjoyable place for you to discover or further develop your enthusiasm for firearms. This goes for independent minds, free-thinkers, and anyone who can put differences aside to constructively engage in a community built upon passion and enjoyment. Yes, firearms are a social and political issue. Yes, in a separate forum, we engage in those discussions respectfully and hardily. However, our primary purpose is not to proselytize for any aspect of gun politics or gun laws. We all work on behalf of the Second Amendment in our own individual ways. The main purpose of LGO’s Facebook Group (LGOFB) is to support gun owners who are liberal, but who also understand or are seeking to understand the enjoyment of firearms.  

   Some liberals are just at the stage where life, or the current political division in the country, has stimulated a desire in them to further their approach to awareness and self-defense. This, of course, is a legitimate awakening in our eyes. We have room for that as well. At the end of the day, there is a point where many experienced liberal gun owners just want to put aside the noise of the debates, and enjoy talking about guns with their buddies. This is the heart and soul of our organization.  Inside of LGOFB, it's firearms enjoyment and learning first. Understanding this truth seems to be a sticking point with many liberals and leftists who have attempted to join our community. We are liberals, indeed. But it is no issue for us to understand that a person's politics can be relaxed, and holstered when it's time to unwind.

   For the record, in order to achieve the maturity and success that we have with LGO, we have had to engage in denying entry to thousands of toxic conservatives. But certainly and extensively, we have had to police our own community and eject toxic leftists from our circle. Being an asshole is not something that stops at the right side of the political spectrum. It's an issue on both sides. Liberal Gun Owners is welcoming to mature and constructive people. We have suffered long at holding to the precept of absolute inclusion while we let politically manic leftists, and leftists with their own agenda, run roughshod all over our forum. Those days are over. If you are a decent person, and can comprehend and support our mission and conduct rules in forum, then you will receive unending support for your experience with firearms.

   If you are sincere in your desire to join a community where open-minded and mature people talk about and enjoy gun ownership, then please come and check out our Facebook page. Facebook is the current center of our community activity. There are two entry questions that you need to answer. If you pass muster, you will be allowed to join. It's that simple. Click on The Facebook icon in the footer of this page.

Come see us on Facebook (click below) or get in touch: liberalgunowners@gmail.com