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Unfortunately, using academic reasoning to counter an emotional argument seldom works.
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Scott hit it on the head. His argument is emotionally based. I honestly read only a small portion of your letter. It looks well written but it is a bombardment of facts that mean nothing in the decision cycle used by most liberals.
You would be better off giving examples of real people who have saved lives with firearms. The recent church attack and the Tyler Texas incident. Then line up the bodies with names to show all the people who died defenseless like at VT, Luby's, and other places. There is no point using facts in an emotional argument.
Finally, the odds of getting anything positive out of arguing a political point with someone your senior by 40-60 years is minimal at bets, especially if you wish to have a functional social relationship.