Maybe they should be.
At least, that's the lesson we learned from Slate:
Conservatives are terrified that people like me are buying guns now. Maybe they should be. https://t.co/Q2rLLvvaJx
— Slate (@Slate) February 11, 2026
Actually, you can thank conservatives for the fact that you can legally purchase a gun, and they haven't been banned.
I'm a conservative. You're a conservative. I don't think either of us is "terrified" that urban progressive lesbians are buying guns.
Let's read a little bit about what Christina Cauterucci has to say in Slate:
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In January 2024, my wife and I agreed to host a birthday party for our friends’ 2-year-old in our child-free home. The scene was chaotic and joyful, with several young kids running around and scattering croissant crumbs on our sofa while their parents attempted adult conversation over mimosas.
Inevitably, the moment arrived when a child knocked over a drink on our coffee table. It was an old West Elm design with a panel on top and a storage area underneath. The spilled beverage was dripping into the seams, so a crowd of parents rushed to open the table and mop up the liquid pooling within. The first thing they saw when they lifted the panel was a padlocked gun case, helpfully identified by the Smith & Wesson user pamphlet sitting on top, which was now soaked in seltzer.
To be perfectly honest, I’d forgotten I had the gun. Ever since my wife and I moved into a place with more closet space, we rarely used the storage capacity of the coffee table. I was reminded of the firearm in my living room only when someone brought up the topic of recreational gun use—which, in our queer, left-leaning urban social circles, was next to never.
But there I was, facing a crowd of these wide-eyed friends, who were politely dabbing the seltzer off my gun. They were clearly shocked. I choked out some nervous laughter and assured them that the case was locked, the gun inside had another padlock, both keys were hidden, and I had no ammunition in the house. I then explained why I owned the gun, which I will also share with you shortly, and everyone made a few jokes at my expense. They finished cleaning up the mess and got back to watching their kids ruin my house.
"It was an old West Elm design with a panel on top." Fascinating. Now, why did she own the gun that she'd forgotten she had? Was it to commit a violent crime? Or was it for self-defense? Urban progressive lesbians can't be too careful in Trump's America. I read through the piece twice and never got to the part where she bought the gun in the first place or when.
Nobody cares
— Andy Lancaster (@andylancaster) February 11, 2026
Nah, conservatives don't care, at all, about you buying a gun.
— Frank (@richardrahl1086) February 11, 2026
In fact, we hope everyone buys guns, gets lessons, and learns to handle them responsibly.
Or, perhaps we’re fine with it and you just can’t handle the thought of people you disagree with acting in good faith.
— Will Collier (@willcollier) February 11, 2026
“Maybe they should be”? Are you threatening someone?
— Collaborationist (@corrcomm) February 11, 2026
It certainly sounds to me like she's threatening conservatives, in a roundabout way.
Congratulations on exercising your Second Amendment right! Make sure you take a safety course or two. Learn to shoot and maintain your new firearm. Practice, practice, practice. pic.twitter.com/mXxVH5JCdD
— Deaconẞlues (@DeaconBlues76) February 11, 2026
Why would conservatives be afraid? Are you planning on being violent?
— Heritage American (@HeritageUSA69) February 11, 2026
You really posted this hours after an alphabet person shot up a school and his own family?
— Banana In The Tailpipe (@TailpipeBanana) February 11, 2026
We should be. An unhinged member of the LGBTQ community just massacred a school.
— Jefferson Airdrop (@Airdropdeez) February 11, 2026
Are you absolutely certain that making violent threats right after a massacre is the best possible move here?
— Dr. Nathanial Bork 🏴☠️ @UArkansas @RutgersU (@BorkNathanial) February 11, 2026
Sweetie nobody is scared of you owning a gun. We are scared that being a leftist you are probably a violent psychopath.
— 1967mustangman (@1967mustangman) February 11, 2026
“I had no ammunition in the house”
— SagebrushBirdhunter (@FanaticLurker) February 11, 2026
You have a paperweight, not a gun.
Aren't you people always going on about keeping guns out of the hands of the crazies?
— God's Whale Facts Decider Cow (@inane_gimmick) February 11, 2026
Well, you are the crazies.
(Slams 75mg of Prozac and two glasses of Franzia wine)
— Mitchell Gant (@BilyarskEnterer) February 11, 2026
“I have a great story idea! It’s about conservatives and guns…”
Wonder how many times you rewrote this headline to try get it JUST right?
— P. W. A (@fertiletownship) February 11, 2026
You guys really are just out their having entirely fake conversations with yourselves like Golem aren’t you
— Auron MacIntyre (@AuronMacintyre) February 11, 2026
Like the minions said above, welcome to the club. Why would conservatives have a problem with lesbians owning guns? Go out and buy some ammunition for that thing, for God's sake, and hit the range for some practice.
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