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longbough · 12-07-2005, 08:30 AM

It's pointless for a gun-proponent to explain their perspective on guns to someone who is decidedly anti-gun. The fact is that 99.9% of gun-control/ban advocates have already made up their mind about the issue - even though their experience with it is essentially non-existant.

Ironically, a gun-control/ban advocate will regard everything a gun-proponent says as biased and unobjective - even if that person happens to be a law enforcement officer, statistician, sociologist or university law professor.

It's as pointless to discuss this issue as it is for a self-aknowledged homosexual to explain their perspectives to a homophobic skinhead.

Consider this hypothetical scenario:
If the example of Washington D.C. showed a decrease in violent crime instead of an increas - gun-control advocates would be exclaiming that this is definite proof of the effecacy of gun-control - and the example would probably be implimented in many more cities.
Do you think, in such a case, a gun-owner could get away with saying, "Washington D.C. is different than SF - that's why it won't work here."?
Heck no. They'd be immediately be branded as a self-serving, unrealistic lunatic.
In these politically-correct times the same can't be said when the opposite is true.

12-07-2005, 08:30 AM	#64 (permalink)
longbough Soylent Green is people. Location: Northern California	It's pointless for a gun-proponent to explain their perspective on guns to someone who is decidedly anti-gun. The fact is that 99.9% of gun-control/ban advocates have already made up their mind about the issue - even though their experience with it is essentially non-existant. Ironically, a gun-control/ban advocate will regard everything a gun-proponent says as biased and unobjective - even if that person happens to be a law enforcement officer, statistician, sociologist or university law professor. It's as pointless to discuss this issue as it is for a self-aknowledged homosexual to explain their perspectives to a homophobic skinhead. Consider this hypothetical scenario: If the example of Washington D.C. showed a decrease in violent crime instead of an increas - gun-control advocates would be exclaiming that this is definite proof of the effecacy of gun-control - and the example would probably be implimented in many more cities. Do you think, in such a case, a gun-owner could get away with saying, "Washington D.C. is different than SF - that's why it won't work here."? Heck no. They'd be immediately be branded as a self-serving, unrealistic lunatic. In these politically-correct times the same can't be said when the opposite is true. Last edited by longbough; 12-07-2005 at 08:40 AM..