Whoa there, everyone! Let's not throw Paxton out with the dirty Hoppes #9 gun-cleaning solution!
It seems she still is pretty much pro-gun -- except for the "assault rifle and a whole lot of ammo -- who needs that?" disagreement. But heck, lots of "gun people" disagree on some things, too...such as some CCers being "anti" OCing, right? Do we kick them out of the fold, too?
So I'm just saying let's not rush to condemn her because of her stand on so-called "assault rifles." Someone needs to sit down with her and explain why owning one of those "assault rifles" -- like when your neighborhood is burning down with roaming gangs of savages about during a natural or man-made disaster (doesn't matter the cause) -- an "assault rifle" is EXACTLY what you DO need! They DO have their place. Paxton might just be too focused (tunnel-vision) on her own area of concern -- women & their self-defense needs (handguns) -- and consequently is missing the bigger picture.
As for criminals/gangs/psycho-shooters using "assault rifles," that should never be reason to ban decent citizens from owning them. Yeah, I know that's what happened back in the 1930s (1920s?) when criminals using the Thompson machine gun ruined it for everyone else owning one, but it's stupid thing to do: Blaming an inantimate object for its misuse! Rather, get the people MISUSING a particular object instead of hitting EVERYONE with a ban...which, as we all here know, STILL won't stop criminals & psycho-shooters from getting a hold of one anyway.
Getting back to Paxton, however, let's not be too hasty judging her.
Now if Paxton joins Gloria Allred over there on the Huffington Post, then that's a horse of a different color!
But I don't see her EVER going that far...
[EDIT] P.S. I thought of another example of gun-owners being so myopic: How about all those HUNTERS (30million+ at least) who traditinally, don't get involved in gun legislation efforts if it doesn't impact HUNTING? They couldn't care less about the RKBA/Self-Defense (guns, CCing, OCing or other gun issues)...as long as they can HUNT. Heck, most of that group don't belong to any pro-gun organization, let alone the NRA. Can you imagine how much more influenctial the NRA would be if those 30million+ HUNTERS joined? And then you have paper-punchers/target-shooters...that's all THEY care about. At least Paxton is still more closely-related to those of us here...