There are two comparisons being made...
The first comparison involves the principle of personal responsibility
being applicable to owning either a dog or a gun.
The second comparison is between the irrational responses liberals have towards guns
and the irrational liberal-like responses some that like to think themselves ‘conservative’
have when it comes to dogs.
You are putting words in his mouth and based on your concoction concluding he has lost the argument. /smh
Now that’s funny. You presume to speak for another, but accuse me of “putting words in his mouth”.
Irony aside you haven’t helped his argument, or yours (in which you presume to speak for him). The topic is indeed about vicious dog ownership and what it says about our culture. The article is very specific. And once again, the left loves to compare gun ownership to vicious dog ownership (as an anti-gun argument) — but it isn’t valid since guns don’t have free will.
GUNS DON’T HAVE FREE WILL. That’s an important theme, because when someone tells you that laws pertaining to vicious animals (not just dogs) should also provide the basis for gun restrictions, you need to speak up with a concise, logical argument against such flawed thinking. Just making a vague argument for greater-personal-freedom-because-you think-you-think-you-are-entitled-to-unlimited-personal-freedom-to-own-this-or-that doesn’t work, because the courts (and societies, legislatures town councils) don’t recognize unlimited, unfettered, abusive “personal freedoms” if they go too far in trumping others’ rights. The civil society strikes a balance, and every member subscribes to the implicit social contract. Recognizing this, gun rights are so important we have a second amendment to protect them!
I notice you label as “irrational liberal-like responses....” (whatever that is, you borrowed the phrase) made by “...some that like to think themselves ‘conservative....’ (presumably aimed at anyone on FR that disagrees)
“....have when it comes to dogs” (noted, you want to broaden the target to include all dogs, a straw man attempt).
Oh yes, won’t you please send me a note the next time you see a .357 Magnum roaming your neighborhood without a leash, or pumping the neighbor’s kid full of lead after it escapes from the fenced yard, or runs in a pack with other .357 Magnums terrorizing the entire neighborhood, etc. etc.? You could validate the liberal arguments, and maybe yours at the same time.