I was talking about BOR and I really just don't like Bill O'Reilly. I'm glad he finally gets it, but why does it take a Katrina event for him or anyone else to see something so obvious as our right to own guns? Such a conversion strikes me as being very fickle and I can easily see him switching to an anti-gun stance when some other event happens.
Many people have no direct experience with the positive effects of gun ownership. O'Reilly is obviously one of those; He has at least had the courage to admit his prior position was wrong.
A smart person learns from his mistakes, a really smart person learns from other peoples mistakes.
I guess because they are actually dumber and more stupid that we first thought.
Sometimes it takes a big event to get someone to really think about an issue. Would you rather have him, and others, not convert to the pro-gun side? Besides, it'll be hard for them to switch back to being anti-2A, simply because any of us can remind them about Katrina and other situations where the police can't protect the average person. In BOR's case, he's now got lots of words on the record - and for him to change his mind and become anti-2A again would make him look like an utter fool (as opposed to merely being a self-centered bloviating populist).
I don't like to turn away converts, because once they see the light, it is hard to go back. Besides, we should give them some positive reinforcement - make them feel welcome into our fraternity, not spurned because they didn't join. Heck, BOR still doesn't get the militia aspect of the BOR...but now that he has opened his eyes a bit, it will be easier for someone, or several someones, to discuss the issue with him, to take him to a range, etc. Now he's open to facts, and the pro-gun folks that know him or who can get access to him should take advantage of that.