Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: 10 Tips for gun control advocates. [View all]TheKentuckian
(25,023 posts)"#10 The American public strongly support the 2nd Amendment. Even on DU support for gun rights is at 70%. To have any hope of accomplishing your goal of more regulation or gun bans you will have no choice but to convince the average gun owner to support it. Calling 2A advocates "gun nuts" "redneck" "baby killer" psychopath" etc is unlikely to aid you in this."
It seems just from this thread you could easily add "Gun Religiulous" (or whatever)and "NRA talking points dispenser" and probably more and you made no actual counter argument that such insults are likely to attract gun owners and 2nd Amendment supporters to the prohibitionist cause.
I find the last sentence to be an odd peg to hang your hat on when what is described is obviously operative.
Asking the poster to support the claim that the American public strongly supports the 2nd Amendment would seem to be the strongest point of attack to me. I think multiple polls (though unscientific) support (though cannot prove) the assertion about the support level on DU.
I would say considering the size of the electorate and the amount of gun owners all across the political spectrum that the cross over is significant enough that it probably would require some significant support among gun owners to make headway on a prohibitionist agenda, particularly lasting change in the culture.
The charge of flamebait indicates more to me that you want to flame and be inflamed. There is nothing there that is provocative beyond the average person's ability to exercise moderation in response.
The OP is not required to be "fair and balanced" to prohibitionist arguments, prohibitionists sure as hell make no effort whatsoever to my reckoning to do any such thing. Most like wild eyed one line "zingers" and deflecting any and all points and arguments made, particularly on actual functional details, policy outcomes, and really any favorable to the RKBA as "NRA talking points" as a "get out of jail free" card when they do not wish to honestly engage.