Spencer Pratt’s campaign for Mayor of Los Angeles is going viral, but the public still doesn’t know much about him as a person. During a recent interview on CNN, Pratt explained the issue that led him to become a Republican.
You might not be surprised to learn that it had to do with becoming a legal gun owner.
Townhall has details:
In an interview with CNN, Pratt explained that during the height of his time as a reality television star, when he was widely hated by the public, he received a significant number of death threats. Although he had hired personal security, he said they had also encouraged him to purchase a firearm for self-defense. According to Pratt, Republicans were the only political party that supported that right to self-defense, and for him, the issue was as simple as that.”Why are you a Republican?” CNN’s Elex Michaelson asked.”Well, you want to break some news here?” Pratt replied.”Sure.””It’s in my, you know, I’ve told this before, and this is the only time I’ve ever said this, so this is breaking news. Everyone’s gonna freak out,” Pratt said. “When I was a hated reality star, I got so many death threats. I had so much security and police, and what did they tell me to do? Get a gun. This is real, I know people don’t like guns, but LA was dangerous if you’re hated. So I got a gun. My wife got a gun. And then we needed CCWs. The only people that supported a CCW was the Republican.””That was what I aligned with my safety, my personal safety, my family’s safety,” he said. “I know people don’t like guns, but when people are threatening your life and your own security is telling you you need to have home protection, trained to, it’s not like just, I went to the, you know, go through the proper steps. That was my, that’s it.”
Watch the clip below:
People on the left are always pushing for greater gun control with little to no understanding of how difficult it already is to become a legal gun owner, and of course, becoming licensed for concealed carry is another issue entirely.
Years ago, I worked with a woman who was politically liberal but was against gun control because she had inherited an antique gun from someone in her family and had to jump through hundreds of hoops to merely possess it.
It’s funny how a situation like that can change a person.
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