One thing that often is missed by the media and most Americans who are neither pro-gun nor anti-gun is that a careful analysis of what the pro-gun minority are fighting for versus what the anti-gun minority are fighting for clearly demonstrates who the "good guys" are and who the "bad guys" are.
Most Americans would agree: people that fight to curtail people's rights and stereotype a minority group are "bad", while people that fight to protect people's rights and don't stereotype a minority group are "good". There's plenty of examples of this kind of characterization in modern U.S. history. A careful analysis of the pro-gun forces versus anti-gun forces shows clearly that:
The pro-gun forces are fighting to protect the right of people to choose for themselves whether or not they want to own a firearm. They never try to stereotype the people who choose not to own guns, nor do they try to force people to own guns if they choose not to own them.
The anti-gun forces are fighting to violate the right of people to choose for themselves whether or not they want to own a firearm. They always try to stereotype people who choose to own guns, and they try to force people to not own guns if they choose to own them.
If this isn't a clear demonstration of who the "good guys" are and who the "bad guys" are, I don't know what would be.
Seems to me we should be trying harder to make this sort of distinction to the American people.
DEK
Most Americans would agree: people that fight to curtail people's rights and stereotype a minority group are "bad", while people that fight to protect people's rights and don't stereotype a minority group are "good". There's plenty of examples of this kind of characterization in modern U.S. history. A careful analysis of the pro-gun forces versus anti-gun forces shows clearly that:
The pro-gun forces are fighting to protect the right of people to choose for themselves whether or not they want to own a firearm. They never try to stereotype the people who choose not to own guns, nor do they try to force people to own guns if they choose not to own them.
The anti-gun forces are fighting to violate the right of people to choose for themselves whether or not they want to own a firearm. They always try to stereotype people who choose to own guns, and they try to force people to not own guns if they choose to own them.
If this isn't a clear demonstration of who the "good guys" are and who the "bad guys" are, I don't know what would be.
Seems to me we should be trying harder to make this sort of distinction to the American people.
DEK