Lefties and the 2nd amendment have been a perennial topic over the last decade. More specifically, the debate has been around how legacy 2A activists should approach them: should we welcome more people to the cause(especially if they undermine Democrat attempts at regulation by injecting pro-gun people into their primaries), or should we be suspicious of militants seeking to use firearms to further their political aims?

This has grown even more relevant due to various hard lefty militant groups like John Brown Gun Club and Socialist Rifle Association, both of whom have both had individual members and small groups commit violent armed attacks in furtherance of explicit political goals. The revelation that a USMC vet and current Maine Democrat candidate for US Senate has trained SRA groups in the past in individual and small unit tactics only increases the urgency.

I decided to provide my thoughts and guidance on a somewhat nuanced topic, based on my research and experience with these groups as well as the left at large.