A better name for anti-gunners

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Dust_Devil

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A gun, many times, especially on the news, is potrayed as a very dangerous item and used by criminals and this is how many of those in the general public view a gun.

So when you take the term anti-gun, it can almost sound very postive to those who see guns only in a negative way. Anti-gun= anti-"dangerous and evil piece of equipment used in a crime" for example.

Now take what anti-gunners really are and what a law-abiding citizen uses a gun for.
A law-abiding citizen who carries a gun carries it for self-protection or to even protect others such as family. An anti-gunner is actually a person who believes that people should not have the best means of protecting themselves, which in most cases, is a gun.

So when you refer to or speak about someone who is anti-gun, call them "anti-self-protection", "anti-self-defense", or something in that order.

Some, who of may looked at the term "anti-gun" as a positive thing, may stop and take a better look at someone when they are spoken and described as "anti-self-protection" as "self-protection" is not a negative or evil thought and someone who is "anti-self-protection" is going to appear very dumb and negative looking much quicker, to the general public, than someone who is "anti-gun".
 
Well it's about time! Dust_Devil, I've been poundin' the pulpit on this for far too long. You are absolutely correct!
For too long we've played into the hands of the opposion. Want to get some cheap applause? Try this: "I'll rid our neighborhood of guns and provide everybody's mother with free beer."

There is not a shortage of brains and articulation on this forum. We would be better served crafting slogans and language which wins over those folks who are either ignorant or confused about firearms and related activities.
There is a huge cultural divide on this subject which given enough time and neglect can only hurt or weaken our stand.
Name calling and broad brushing just helps reinforce the negative perceptions that middle or mainstream America has of guns and firearm enthusiasts.
It's time for a different tack!
I've yet to have anyone who I've introduced to shooting not become enlightened and enthused!
I'm anxious to hear what others have to say on this subject.

Rimrock
 
Sorry, most of the terms I use to describe these sorts of people are not repeatable in polite company. But everyone seems to understand what I'm talking about... ;)
 
I've always found that anti-gun people tend to be anti-freedom as well.

Everything they don't like should be illegal.
 
Let's also look at banning guns

It's easy for people who are "anti-self-protection" to want to ban guns as they, themselves don't own or want to own them.

It is common for these types to want to ban everything that may cause injury or death. Kind of makes sense, right? But everything? Well, not really.

Are these people ready to jump up and ban motor vehicles which are much more involved in deaths than a firearm is? NO they aren't. WHY? because more people want and need a motor vehicle in their lives than they want or need a firearm, so it's much easier to be prejudice against something you don't particularly care to own, like a firearm, compared to something you do want to own, such as a car.

So when people start using the excuse that an item should be banned in society because it may cause injury, death or used in a crime, tell them to look at their own vehicle they drive everyday and suggest that it be banned also and see how quickly the change their attitude.
 
They aren't anti-gun. They are only anti-your-gun. Remember Sarah Brady bought a hunting rifle for her son's birthday a few years ago? Feinstein is a honorary US Marshal and can CCW in all 50 states.

Hypocrites.
 
How about calling them "Antigun Bigots?"

I call them "Antigun Bigots," "antigun/antifreedom bigots" or "Socialist Antigun Bigots." Like all other bigots, they have their close-minded version of the truth and they don't care about the reality of the situation or the facts, which prove their position indefensible from a logic-based viewpoint.

They want what they want (citizen disarmament) and they don't care about the fact that disarming citizens causes an increase in violent crime and victimization of the defenseless (see John Lott's More Guns, Less Crime).

They don't care that the right to arms is guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, just like the right to free speech and the right to be left alone by the authorities (Amendment IV) if you haven't done anything unlawful.

I think "Antigun Bigots" is about as to the point as you can get - or as to the point as I can get.
 
This is starting to sound entierly to PC for me. Makes me want an AR-15 with all the bells and whistles that scare hippys.
 
I call anti-gunners Twinkies. Everyone knows the Twinkie Defense right? Putting the blame on something else instead of the guilty person. Sarah Brady calls the Remington 700 terrorist sniper rifle but yet buys them for her relatives.
 
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I've always found that anti-gun people tend to be anti-freedom as well.
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I don't think this is true at all. There are many well-meaning people out there who believe that the proliferation of guns has restricted their freedom to go about their business without fear of being robbed or assaulted by a criminal with a gun. This belief is based on the presumption that if all guns were to somehow magically disappear, their currently fear-filled lives would take a dramatic turn for the better. This argument is at the heart of all the gun ban debates, and, since it purports to take the moral high ground, it's going to be subscribed to by a lot of people.

I don't think thinking up names for "anti-gunners" is going to change anyone's mind. The only thing that's going to put the issue to rest is a Supreme Court decision strongly supporting the individual right or "standard model" interpretation of the Second Amendment. Although there's plenty of scholarly support for the individual right interpretation, the Supremes have never directly addressed the issue. The Constitution says what the Supreme Court says it says, and at the present time, there is no firm guidance from the Court on the meaning of the Second Amendment. Until we get some firm guidance, the "anti-gunners" are going to have their say...Remember that there's also a First Amendment out there.

Regards,
JayCee
 
Warfare in Ancient Greece centered mainly around heavy infantrymen called hoplites. The word hoplite (Greek ὁπλίτης, hoplitēs) derives from hoplon (ὅπλον, plural hopla, ὅπλα) meaning an item of armor or equipment and consequently the entire equipment of the hoplite (but not specifically the circular shield, which is sometimes incorrectly referred to as a hoplon, though it was in fact called an aspis).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoplite

A hoplite was an infantryman.
 
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