We all have a list of pro-gun quotes or statements we know and love. Many of them are very inspirational for why we should own guns, stating the they're effective in repelling bad guys or tyrants, scaring off invasions, or simply the fact that my guns make me a patriot, not a criminal. However, there are a few that come across as either abrasive (which isn't going to win anyone over, especially someone who is easily offended by something that isn't in their doctrine) or just plain wrong.
Personally, here's my list:
Those are probably my 3 biggest pet peeves with pro-RKBA sayings that, IMO, might end up doing more harm than good (or at the very least, are neutral).
Personally, here's my list:
- Any post online that says something like "Do I need an AR-15? No, but I don't need a whiny little *bleep* but yet here you are!" There's a few variations of this, but essentially you are just insulting the other person and at the same time comparing the AR-15 to a whiny little bleep. Not a very good way to win someone over.
- The quote about the gun behind every blade of grass. Anyone who will fact check this will prove it to be false, and any argument that can easily be proven false is a bad argument.
- "Response time of a police officer, 15 minutes. Response time of a .357 Magnum: 1400 FPS." This one is a mathematical error in that FPS is a velocity, not a time, and can't really be compared with the response time of a police officer unless you know the difference. A better one would be "Response time of a police officer: 15 minutes. Response time of a .357 magnum traveling 10 feet at 1400 FPS: 7 milliseconds."
Those are probably my 3 biggest pet peeves with pro-RKBA sayings that, IMO, might end up doing more harm than good (or at the very least, are neutral).