Nobody can "make you look stupid" without your consent. I find plenty of humor in your "moral high road."
Those dudes wearing tactical clothing and openly carrying long guns in coffee shops while posing for pictures made all of us responsible gun-owners look stupid. I certainly did not give them consent....maybe you did. Or maybe you were one of them, I dunno, but that negative image has done responsible gun owners much harm and gave a very negative image of gun ownership. If you think having high morals is humorous, I also don't know what to say. You prefer those without any morals then?
Just because they sound "smart" doesn't change the facts.
No, but the presentation of facts is what will win the argument, not name calling and belittlement. For those on the outside, presenting any argument in a organized and intelligent manner will get more attention than name calling, and the way facts are presented many times determines the result.
I don't condemn anyone who says, "screw it" and gets in the face of the antis, verbally or otherwise
I too have no problem with confronting antis directly, what bothers me, and what adds to the negative image of gun owners is when uninformed folks get red in the face and start spitting in someone's face while calling them stupid without being able to provide any other comments, facts or info. Stupid is what stupid does.
Pro-2nd Amendment types have just as much a right to our opinion, emotionally offered or not- the difference is we have the law and Bill of Rights on our side. So ours is a little more than just an opinion in comparison.
The idea that "smart" antis should be afforded any respect because of their station in life is bogus. Their opinion is just an opinion based on their bias against guns.
Anti 2nd Amendment types have the same rights and laws. The definition of the 2nd Amendment and other rights is what the argument is all about. Many folks use the term "unalienable rights" when it comes to gun ownership. Anti's use the same argument. "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" is a well-known phrase in the United States Declaration of Independence. The phrase gives three other examples of "unalienable rights" which the Declaration says has been given to all human beings by their Creator, and for which our government was created to protect. They claim gun control is needed to protect those rights. The definition of the 2nd Amendment itself is argued to be ambiguous, thus it is continuously defined by the SCOTUS and state governments. None of these has ever been successfully defined by just screaming "stupid!". I accept the fact there are folks out there with a different mindset when it comes to firearms ownership and nothing will change their mind, for whatever reason. There are also many folks out there neutral to gun ownership. I see no reason to alienate those neutral folks with the presentation of negative image. Like the independent voters in the upcoming Presidential election, they are the ones that will determine the outcome of this battle.
I seriously doubt that your opinion too, is not based on any bias you have towards firearm ownership. Kinda what opinions are all about. Otherwise they are call facts. Opinions many times are formed by the presentation of facts, otherwise they are just "stupid" opinions.
