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Funny thing is that I've found folks I'm talking to tend to get upset/angry before I do. When I was younger, I was more of the hothead type. Now, I tend to keep myself calm in all but the most heated of situations. It is funny how ticked people will get when you don't respond to their angry outburst with the same.
Those folks are entitled to their opinion. Everyone can still speak their piece in this country at least for the moment. But they are not permitted to foist their hysterical, hoplophobic rules on me.
The one I see most and was with a recent long time family member, they just moved up from here from California and are about 65 years old. But they listen and actually we can talk and I have helped educated somewhat.
Like many liberal antis, they think a SigP229 that holds 12 rounds and is not a revolver is a automatic and any rifle that is not a bolt action is a automatic. As in one pull will empty the rounds.
I was very lucky to bring my firearms over and show her how they worked and how they were not what she was thinking. After her defenses wore down a bit she told me how when she was little she went hunting allot with he uncle and her brothers.
Its still a work in progress as she loves Obama allot. One step at a time I suppose.
1. According to the Brady Campaign, there have been 164 people killed by "assault rifles" since the ban ended in 2004... less than 16 per year....
Average 52 people a year die from lightning.
600 people a year die in swimming pools.
worldwide 45 people a year die from toaster accidents (I kid you not...)
16 die from "assault rifles"
2. What would have banning "assault weapons" done to stop this last shooting?
You should offer to take him shooting. He might be surprised what a real AR does and doesn't do. And, he might even get hooked. That is, if you can get through the ignorant rant first.
THEY ARE NOT ASSAULT WEAPONS!!!
Lighten up Francis...
We all know that. Those are their terms to fight them. If you fixate on terminology you simply sound like a bubblegumhole.
I think the only thing you can try to educate them about is if they take any guns they will eventually take them all.Yeap... But this isn't the only topic people claim opinions on for themselves that they don't know jack bubblegum about. Look at........ well, every single politically divisive topic............. in existence.
It's definitely better to educate when you get the chance... but you're not going to make someone who's stupid about guns "educated" on the topic in a 5 minute interaction. And if the conversation is adversarial, it's definitely not going to do anyone any good. Just walk away from those situation.
Trust me.... I have a LOT of interaction and experience with gun re-tards.
And therein lies part of the problem. The ignorant anti-gunners are usually fueled by false information, twisted statistics, emotion (fear, anger, hatred) and just a general misunderstanding of guns and gun owners. The type you ran into today are not able to have an open mind (though they will scream at you that they do). They cannot have the 'open and honest' discussion the President says we need to have. They are a walking bag of hypocrisy and hatred, wrapped up in bitterness and uncontrolled emotion.
I'd love to talk to folks like this myself, and sometimes I get to. Main difference is that I can keep my emotions and the volume of my voice in check and...I can stop talking long enough to listen. If they can afford the same respectful manner, then we could have a conversation that might give them a chance to learn something that is actually true.