A recent thread sort of asked why we can't have cogent discussions about guns.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

16. Oh, look. It's another "It's hard to have a civil discussion because you 'people' suck" thread.

Beyond the fact that people who hang out in places like the gungeon are deeply invested in the issue of guns and are arguably on the fringe of gun owners as a whole

If you're not making any traction consider the fact that even as you attempt to sound scholarly and erudite you're still unable and/or unwilling to refrain from taking a slap at the people you profess to want to reach.

If you slap someone every time you reach out to them they very naturally and wisely begin to see every extension of your hand as a threat.


Oh, and diseases are a poor choice of metaphor.

Unless you're insinuating you want to eradicate carriers you are overlooking the fact that behind every shooting whether accidental, suicidal, defensive or criminal is a series of deliberate human choices. That is what we are confronting.