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Why would you talk to gun control groups... If presented with incivility respond with civil, rational, discourse and do not let emotion get the better of you.
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The point is to be seen talking to gun control groups, displaying our open mindedness to those who have not already put themselves in one camp or the other. We need to be seen as the calm, rational ones, respectful of others, and NOT wild eyed slogan spouting wackos who are dangerous because we have guns.
The wild eyed slogan spouting wackos on the other side don't seem dangerous to the undecided, as they don't have guns! (though many actually do, either personally owned, or hired with their users)
It's irritating, its frustrating, but if we don't at least appear to have the MORAL high ground even though we have the legal high ground (for now) we could lose that position through simply majority rule.
Because simply put, together there are more under informed, misguided and deliberately mislead voters on gun issues than there are of us. Added to the votes of the "true believers" we are unlikely to be a numerical majority.
Why are the fanatics on the other side working so hard to paint the NRA, and all gun owners as bad guys? There's a simple answer. Because if we AREN'T then we must be the good guys and THEY are the bad guys...
which, I've always thought they were...
