Subject: Re: The Gun Debate: Right VS Left
albaby,
You're one of my favorite posters and I recommend just about everything you post!
That being said, I'm absolutely exhausted by the sight of more children being gunned down day after day while those on the right block every attempt to stop it.
Who, besides the gun lobby, the politicians owned by the gun lobby, and the gun-fetish nuts who worship the politicians owned by the gun lobby, wants to life like this?

You've spent countless hours discussing this issue with the folks on the right,
how much progress have you made?
What changes are they willing to accept to stop American children from being shot day after day after day? (I bet I know answer.)

What I've seen you argue against among other things is fear, straw men, and the old slippery slope.

Yes we all know our founding fathers guaranteed us the right to bear arms; a well regulated militia.
Our founding fathers also didn't think women should be allowed to vote...
and they thought keeping people as slaves was a fine idea. (Maybe not all their ideas were so great.)

Of course I'm poking some fun at the folks on the right, but I stand by the heart of my characterizations:
Democrats want a 'well regulated militia' Republicans not so much.

Lastly I'll leave off with a few words from one of my favorite posters'
"If you're armed with a gun, you're vastly more dangerous than not. That's the whole point, when guns are owned with the intent of using them for self-defense.
You pose more danger to innocent people if you make a mistake. You're a threat - not intentionally,
but you pose a much greater danger to everyone around you while you're armed.
All of those people who killed innocents who came to their doors? I'm sure if you asked them ex ante,
they too would have insisted they weren't a threat to anyone. But it turns out they were." ~albaby

I couldn't have said it better. All the best!
I hope I don't get shot today!