[Yankee]

It may come as a surprise to you but there are some people who are very conservative, yet know nothing about guns.

Like my girfriend who knew nothing about, and was afraid of guns when I met her.

Over time she became interested, and I took her to the range and taught her to shoot. Now she has an appreciation for guns, gun safety and responsible gun owners, and is no longer succeptable to the loony anti-gun arguments of the left

But you aren't going to persuade people like her by starting off with "I'm arming myself against a tyrannical government".

She was already a pro life and anti tax conservative when I met her, but being a suburban Long Islander, the gun issue was foreign to her.

[frostbit]

"...was afraid of guns when I met her...the gun issue was foreign to her."


Exactly. Which is why the term "assault weapon" scares soccer moms.

They are MACHINES. They are neither GOOD nor EVIL, they just ARE.

And like a car, they can be used to take a sick child to the hospital or mow down pedestrians in the crosswalk, depending on the driver. Far more uneventful trips happen daily, but the fatal crash always makes the news.

Until people are educated as you did with your girlfriend, they are scared of the unknown. Does everyone remember how they felt the first time driving on the interstate?

[Krodg]

Thanks,

Sometimes it is very difficult to even ask a question on this board. It seems like every thread is met with jokes & ridicule but if you keep digging there is some knowledge.

I do understand the argument here, I just don't understand giving control to the opposing party for this issue. It seems like giving in 'to teach them a lesson' will insure the very thing we are fighting against. The Democrats will be back passing the same issues the holdouts were protesting and the Republicans will wonder where their voters are......nobody wins.