Reply #131: You may have touched on the strategy of some gun-controllers...

[SteveM]

who stink up the conversation/debate with bar room dissing, repeated attacks and culture war histrionics. In this way, they may be seeking to turn off others from entering the debate. The effect is limited, however, as we hear (from time to time) calls to ban or do away with the guns forum because it isn't "progressive." That's gun-control-speak for "we're losing the battle."