Why The ‘Slippery Slope’ Argument Is More Than Narrative

By Tom Knighton

Right now, much of the news surrounding guns is about New Zealand, and understandably so. What happened last week was horrific. There’s really no other way to describe it. 49 people lost their lives to a madman. There’s nothing about that which isn’t horrific.

However, something almost as horrific to me is the number of people who are eagerly trying to comply with the killer’s hopes and dreams.

In his manifesto, the killer clearly stated he wanted to trigger gun control here in the United States in an effort to spark a civil war, one he figures would divide the nation down racial lines.

Now, anti-gunners are wanting to give him just that, despite years of warnings of what will happen should anti-gunners push too far.

In the discussion of why gun control won’t go as far as New Zealand’s knee-jerk reaction, though, I came across this argument:

Putting that aside, gun-reform activists say the question of why New Zealand has managed to accomplish what the U.S. hasn’t could come down to the NRA’s success in pushing a “slippery slope” narrative.

The pro-gun argument goes that any modest firearms reforms, such as restricting the sale of AR-15 assault rifles, will lead to broad …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms