My question to those who want to ban guns: How do you plan to "bell the cat?"

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30. One-Person Activism

For some reason, the Aurora shooting was the straw that broke the camel's back for me. Since then, I've been talking nonstop about the need to get high-powered weapons out of the hands of murderous lunatics. Nobody disagrees about such a goal - how can they?

One way to challenge the NRA is to dispute their claim that gun ownership is family-friendly and socially positive.It's neither. Gun ownership is boorish and anti-social. I avoid getting drawn into an unpleasant argument with an NRA sympathizer. I tell them I support the Second Amendment as far as possible, recognizing the need to keep dangerous weapons out of the hands of crazies. If they don't support that goal, then there's no point in having a discussion.

One-person activism is more powerful than people suspect! I'm having some good effect in changing attitudes from gun-neutral to gun-negative. There was a time when recreational drugs were chic, but now they're not. This change in social attitudes came about because of one-person activism. Each one teach one.