NuShootr
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gun safety should be left out of the 2A debate all together.
I disagree. When we talk about alcohol, and in TV and radio ads for it, we always see or hear "drink responsibly". We also see "don't drink and drive". The onus is on 2nd Amendment advocates to assure that the message driven home is that owning a gun, in and of itself doesn't make you irresponsible, which is how our opponents make it seem. When you say "don't give them an inch" I agree with that, in that don't give them any reason to continue to point fingers at us. And the best way to do that is to be safe and responsible with our firearms and show them that it's not us being irresponsible. And statistics, in this case, are 100% on our side.
The biggest issue with the "gun debate" right now is it's basically slinging the same mud all the time. We've heard all the cliche arguments. We need to approach it differently. More intellectually, and less emotionally. The other side's argument is 100% emotional.