It's both. Carry a gun (legally or illegally) will boost one's confidence leaving your property.
Some people use this temporary confidence in mischievous and illegal ways.
Access to guns is simple if you have a clean record. Even if you plan on using it mischievously immediately after purchase
The only people to blame for the chaos in the Republican party are the voters themselves.
The voters intentionally elect people who have zero integrity and are corrupt.
Conservatives are all about feelings. They don't notice the corporate elite exploiting their emotions for corporate policies.
And if Trump won in 2020 the inflation would be the same or higher.
You do realize inflation is high across the world?
Far too many people believe every word that comes out of that known liars mouth. Dangerous.
Propaganda targets emotions. The goal is to make citizenry paranoid, hateful, angry, etc.
These are the ultimate motivating factors when it comes to people voting one way or the other.
Manipulating emotions is the #1 priority.
I do know that the most watched media on TV (Fox) likes to teach their viewers to never watch ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN, etc.
Fox will demonize and propagandize when they talk about these outlets.
Many on this forum are also victims of this propaganda as they repeat the same wording Fox uses...
Trump severely weakened America during his 4 years as president.
Our enemies want a weaker America and are targeting the country from the inside out.
Another Trump presidency would further weaken and destabilize America and continue to degrade the country.
Trump has sided with Russia and Putin...
Conservative media is the "enemy of the people." Russia has been targeting low-information and vulnerable voters for decades. It just so happened that conservatives were more than happy to help America's enemies. (and still are)
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