The best pro-gun editorial in a newspaper, ever!

I am constantly amazed at how ‘our’ sound bites are almost instantly twisted and turned back upon us.

‘Cold dead hands.’ ‘Jack booted thug’ and the most recent ‘The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.’

The gun grabbers grab these points and by sheer force of there being so many of them in the media almost instantly are able to denigrate them and use them to make gun owners seem paranoid and irrational. Rather like a pack of school children that grab something an unpopular kid says and uses it to make fun of them.

I think the opinion column shows there is a backlash against the anti-gun folk and the fact it ACTUALLY GOT PRINTED (and in a college paper no less) heartens me.
 
I think the best approach with a fence sitter is a systematic look at the facts, something both sides of the argument are guilty of glossing over. The problem is people are constantly being lied to by governments and media so they either don't believe a word of it or they drink the kool-aid. It was a very informative piece, and Mr. Snell was certainly getting angry and, like most of us here, is "sick of it". He was very right about us having to approach this discussion with a mutual respect, something anti-gunners aren't willing to give gun owners. This is also completely ignoring the fact that we're talking about politicians that fight for gun laws, but own guns with no restrictions themselves. While the article makes me want to beat my war drum, sadly, I don't think it makes a darn bit of difference to anyone on the other side of the argument.
 
I think the best approach with a fence sitter is a systematic look at the facts, something both sides of the argument are guilty of glossing over.
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We don't live in a thinking era. We live in a time where politicians manipulate the emotions of the masses through media and other means to achieve the results they want. :(
 
bump to the top again.

Fantastic points, especially the "we don't trust anti-gun people because" reason # 4455, and the "screw you, I haven't done anything wrong" point.
 
Well written article.

I am impressed that he was able to keep it from devolving into a foaming-at-the-mouth-rant (it easily could have) given how frustrated he seemed to be with friends and colleagues.

I especially like the use of links as footnote/citations to back up his points.

I hope he continues to be a vocal part of the media in some form (even if it isn't at the Iowa State Daily).
 
We don't live in a thinking era. We live in a time where politicians manipulate the emotions of the masses through media and other means to achieve the results they want
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I don't think we ever have lived in such an era. Research "yellow journalism", and see....
 
What a story. This paragraph speaks volumes;

Gun people don’t trust anti-gun people because when things like the Boston Marathon bombing happen, everyone correctly blames the bomber, not the bomb. Nobody is calling for bomb control because killing people with bombs is already illegal — just like killing people with guns is illegal too.
 
That was so amazing and so long. Took a while to finish that. lol

Amazing! We need to spread the word of this article. I wish that was a speech on TV for all the anti's to hear.
 
His argument sidesteps that entire argument as though we've all agreed they're human beings
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Read it again. Although he did mention the taking a life thing, the more compelling part was how some pro-choice people can defend the individual right to have an abortion (which isn't an enumerated right...though through SCOTUS has been made a right), but at the same time can condemn those that believe in the individual right to keep and bear arms (an actual enumerated right, incorporated by SCOTUS through the 14th Amendment).

Having said that, I do agree that bringing up abortion in a gun control debate isn't a great idea.

That was a wonderful read...sharing it with facebook friends as we speak.
 
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Having said that, I'm on the opossite side of that argument that you're on, but I do agree that bring up abortion in a gun control debate isn't a great idea.
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It's also not a great idea to bring it up here. That's more than enough.
 
It's also not a great idea to bring it up here. That's more than enough.
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Edited it out.

I just wanted to point out that I agreed with his point of view of that issue being brought up, even though I disagree on the actual issue. I apologize.
 
I passed this on to a dozen others. I truly am sick of being blamed for the acts if criminals and being treated like a crazy second class citizen because I defend the whole constitution.
 
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