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I found this (again) recently, and thought it relevant to many discussions we've had here.
If you have a few minutes, please read and comment.
Excerpt(s)
Understanding anti gun mentality
I would post the whole article here, but the site won't let me. I found this a great read, and think that it would benefit many of us to have these tools in our arsenal during our (your) next discussion with an anti.
If you have a few minutes, please read and comment.
(or how to have meaningful discourse without antagonism)
Raging Against Self Defense:
A Psychiatrist Examines The Anti-Gun Mentality
By Sarah Thompson, M.D.
Excerpt(s)
"You don't need to have a gun; the police will protect you."
"If people carry guns, there will be murders over parking spaces and neighborhood basketball games."
"I'm a pacifist. Enlightened, spiritually aware people shouldn't own guns."
"I'd rather be raped than have some redneck militia type try to rescue me."
How often have you heard these statements from misguided advocates of victim disarmament, or even woefully uninformed relatives and neighbors? Why do people cling so tightly to these beliefs, in the face of incontrovertible evidence that they are wrong? Why do they get so furiously angry when gun owners point out that their arguments are factually and logically incorrect?
Understanding anti gun mentality
I would post the whole article here, but the site won't let me. I found this a great read, and think that it would benefit many of us to have these tools in our arsenal during our (your) next discussion with an anti.