Former anti-gun writer flips sides, joins pro-gun groups (VIDEO)

By Chris Eger

Goodman with his newly-acquired S&W .500 which he calls as a “catharsis” to shoot and a “testament to the Second Amendment.” (Photo: YouTube)
After penning articles advocating gun control, the author now sees the “benefits of an armed populace.”
Freelancer H.A. Goodman, who in 2016 was a die-hard Bernie supporter and had previously contributed to the Huffington Post, Salon.com and others, had a byline associated with a series of articles espousing gun control including at least one that scoffed at the logic behind the Second Amendment being a sort of Constitutional insurance policy against a tyrannical government.
“The view propagated by the NRA that gun ownership keeps the federal government ‘in check’ is not only historically inaccurate, but also contrary to the actions of our Founding Fathers,” Goodman wrote in 2014.
These days, he has changed his mind and has joined both Gun Owners of America and the National Rifle Association, “because the groupthink that I once spewed hurts law-abiding citizens and does nothing to prevent the next deranged copycat criminal,” as well as started a YouTube-based gun review vlog.
In an opinion piece published this week by The Daily Caller, Goodman said current events changed his thinking.
“After witnessing the union of the Democratic Party

Source: Guns.com