Nitrogen was saying
>And most importantly, don't expect your Anti to
> change his mind right there.
>Give your facts,and let it alone.
>If it happens, it'll happen over time.
This is a VERY good point. To expect someone to back off and change his mind immediately is just not realistic. Most people are more likely to just dig in deeper and stand their ground if they feel their beliefs are being attacked. If you REALLY want to make a difference, make your points, stay friendly, and allow them to think things over on their own time.
As for myself, there are two main points I usually bring up.
1. When I was young, there was very little gun control, and gun crime was much less prevalent. At that time, I could have bought just about any gun through the mail. The availability of guns has very little to do with crime.
2. The "noble experiments" have been done. All you have to do is look around the country, and around the world, to see how ineffective gun control really is. It doesn't hurt to compare gun control laws with the disaster of prohibition of alcohol here in America. (The war on drugs is about the same, only now days, this opens a whole different can of worms.)
Marty