Posted April 2, 2018 2:00 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

I’m going to risk seeming unreasonable for a moment. You see, as we deal with this current round of the gun debate, we slowly see less of the outright vitriol that’s normal in the aftermath of a mass tragedy like Parkland. It’s taken longer to get to this point than normal, but what do you expect when the media has been driving this story over and over and over again?

Now, we’re entering the “we can find a compromise” phase of the discussion. This is when the more reasonable-sounding people write their op-eds about how we can all work together and find a solution to the problem. They try to frame the whole discussion as finding a middle ground.

Kind of like this op-ed in the New York Times.

There is no need for polarities here. Most people who don’t own guns understand that some people might truly need to own a gun. Most people who do own guns understand the need to keep other people safe. But our legislators, in thrall to the National Rifle Association, do almost nothing to keep guns away from people who shouldn’t have them, or to keep the most dangerous weapons — those meant …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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