Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: I don't think a rational debate on gun control is currently possible in the United States [View all]benEzra
(12,148 posts)it is possible, and I have seen quite a lot of it over the years right here on this site. Heck, there are a number of such discussions going on right now in this very subforum, if you ignore the few posters who namecall and look at the more thoughtful posters from both sides of the issue.
If you don't like guns, you are certainly free not to own them. I choose otherwise, but I respect your choices whatever they may be. I believe there is a great deal of common ground to be found here or there with regard to mental health issues and ameliorating criminal violence, though most of that is already reflected in the status quo nationwide.
Do not, however, mistake disagreement for irrationality. It is possible to rationally disagree with "ban as many guns as possible from as many people as possible", or with magazine bans, or with criminalizing sharing a gun with your significant other, or with the fearmongering about guns in the corporate media. Not all disagreement stems from ignorance.