You mean if he said something like "Take the guns first, go through due process second"
Because he said that and they voted for him anyway.
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You really still don't get it. "If Trump did this," "if Trump did that," that's literally never going to matter. Imagine these people had their "If" surgically removed. Literally everything is always about "us vs. them" and Trump is built into the "us" and minorities are built into the "them."
Would they support Trump taking guns away from Democrat voters, trans people, black people, unmarried women? Hell yeah they would! They are are on the other team. Would Trump take their guns away? Of course he wouldn't! Even if he passed a law that said "everybody has to turn in their guns," they'd smile and wink because they implicitly understand that "everybody" in that case means "people we don't like."
These hypotheticals, this logicking, this trying to figure out conservatives, just makes me fucking boil now. Please, please, will you all just get it already? They don't care about making sense and they never have, they only care about winning, and they think they have to hurt someone in order to win.
They. Are. Not. Redeemable.
They would willingly give them up, you wouldn't even need a buyback program. "Well, I guess he knows what he's doing!"
You all don't get it. He is absolutely going to do this, but only for people he doesn't like, and his fans will eat it up. Yes, the very same people who get all up in arms (literally) whenever a Democrat suggests that maybe there should be some restrictions on some weapons will enthusiastically cheer when the Trump government confiscates guns from people with too much melanin.
"We know that good, honest, God-fearing folk know how to take care of their guns, so we're going after the Gangbangers first!" And you know he will say "gangbangers"....
Maybe if he came straight at it, his people would object. If he was going to do that, it probably would've been after the assassination attempt. So it feels highly unlikely. But he's got some options.
Option 1: "Folks, we need you to donate your guns to the police. They're so underfunded/under attack, they need as much help as they can get." And I bet a lot of people would do it. Now, would it be ALL the guns they own? Probably not. But they'd be giving them up voluntarily.
Option 2: He targets a specific group that conservatives hate, and claims he'll only take guns from them. "We're only going to take the guns from the ____________ (illegals/terrorists/minorities/atheists/jews/liberals), not you good folks." The cops proceed to confiscate (steal) them from anyone they happen across, including people who voted for Trump.
It might finally wake up some of those who are skeptical already. Unfortunately, several media outlets would portray them as domestic terrorists. The Trump administration would refuse to provide evidence, and ignore any court orders ruling that they do so.
Fox News would call them “traitors”. At least some of them would have their personal information mysteriously leaked. Homes would be vandalized. Jobs would be lost.
There would be no consequences. Life would continue as “normal” for most of us.
Do you think they might say something if he comes for the guns?
If we're talking MAGA response here, I it would depend the skin color of the people whose guns are being taken. To racist MAGA folk, they'd cheer on gun seizures of people of color.
Didn’t he do that first term? Vaguely recall a minor vocal day or two about it.
No he definitely did not take away everyone’s guns in his first term.
"the gun loving liberals clinging to their second amendment is what ruined this country in the first place! that's why you see so much gun violence with the inner city gangs"