Nobody needs/Just one life
I fantasize about the “Great Gun Debate” which would be held in the “Big Hall” where the issue would for once and all be decided and the gun grabbers would admit defeat and quit trying to sleaze their way around the second amendment.
One of the high points in the debate would be when the anti-gunners proclaim “Nobody needs an ASSAULT WEAPON” (or hand gun or high capacity magazine or anything else they object to).
The gun rights guy (I always see the late Charlton Heston in this role) would stand up and cast a penetrating glare at the anti-gun folk while the gun rights folk would start to softly chant in the background “no-body-needs, no-body-needs” and then he’d rip off a couple dozen things near and dear to the anti-gun crowd and EVERYONE would see the fallacy of the argument.
I see the same thing happening when the anti-gun crowd would demand some concession by imploring everyone to grant it based on the argument that “If it would save JUST ONE LIFE, wouldn’t it be worth it?”
Again Heston would rise to the occasion while this time the gun rights folk would softly chant in the background (“just-one-life, just-one-life”) and then he’d rip off a couple dozen things near and dear to the anti-gun crowd and EVERYONE would see the fallacy of THAT argument too.
Disclaimer: once again, it’s really cold in the Twin Cities and maybe I really do have too much time on my hands.
P.S. There actually is, IMhO, a gun debate free of all the histrionics normally associated with the topic here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEemGkf_ETk
It’s kind of boring since there are no cheering/jeering crowds but a LOT of common anti-gun points are brought out and the gun rights guy wins the day (once again, IMhO) with logic and reason.