"Pink Pistols’ -gay and armed- "My gun rights are more important than my gay rights”

[astro]

Is this a trend among gay people fearful of being attacked?

‘Pink Pistols,’ gay and carrying guns
Desire for less legislation drives many members

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16 — Lisa Miner had just let her dogs out one afternoon when she noticed a stranger inside her enclosed front porch. “I’m not afraid of you. I’m going to hurt you,” she said the young man told her. She grabbed her handgun from a nearby television, loaded it and told him to leave. When he didn’t, she shot him, she said. The alleged intruder survived the neck wound last March and was charged with breaking and entering. Miner said she doesn’t know if she was targeted because she lives openly with her girlfriend in the Boston suburb of Arlington, Mass.

But like other members of a burgeoning group called the Pink Pistols, she’s challenging the notion that gays and guns don’t mix.
"My gun rights are more important than my gay rights,” said Miner. “They’re both important, but people shouldn’t assume that just because I’m gay, I should buy into a certain political party, like the Democrats.”

[Badtz Maru]

I think it's a good idea. Gay bashing makes me sick, and people who attack others unprovoked just because they are sure they can win (either by numbers or because your certain you could beat your target) deserve to be shot.

I personally believe it would be better if everyone was armed, but even if you don't go that far, I think it should make sense that groups that are often victims of hate crimes or who are easier prey for other kinds of crimes should protect themselves.

[Kalashnikov]

I occasionally shoot, go to rallies, etc. with the Boston chapter . I was surprised to find that they get a lot more flack from gay organizations than they do from pro-gun groups.