Debating an anti-gunner.

[Trent]

After 2 frigging hours:

Greg: " Oh, I'm not saying that not having drums would have stopped anything, just that it might give someone who's unarmed a fighting chance against someone who has to stop and change mags (obviously notwithstanding a fire failure from a drum). And I'm not even really sure I'm all about outlawing them either, but I think a healthy conversation amongst adult lawmakers with real honest facts about current gun laws wouldn't be a bad thing."

Ding. "I'm not really sure".

Finally.

All you have to do is plant the seed.

 

[Trent]

Damn this is tiring!

(This guy, he's an old friend of mine, known him 20 years. We don't see eye to eye at all, he posts up 3-4 times per day anti-republican/pro-obama/anti"faux news" stuff...)

Figured we'd have it out over guns at some point.

 

[dmazur]

Just saw this on Amazon - has anyone read it, and is it a worthy read?

I looked this up and found out the author also wrote, "More Guns, Less Crime".

He is a law and economics professor and seems to present a rational, objective view of this issue. (IMO)

I can't answer your question directly, because I just downloaded the book and haven't read it yet. ( )

The book isn't the $0.99 price range, so I'm trying to consider it as a reference I may find useful in the future, for arguments I occasionally have similar to the one you're describing in this thread.

I have decided I want something "concrete" to toss, other than just an uneducated opinion which happens to be opposite to the one they have.

I'm reminded of President Reagan's remark -

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn't so."

Substitute "anti-2nd Amendment friends" and it seems applicable, regardless of the political affiliation of your opponent.