What isn't said about Guns

[Tom Rinaldo]

14. Thanks for a useful post

It gives me a little more insight as to how a tiny fraction of the populous holding an extreme view of society can amplify their support. While there is truth no doubt in your observations about "both sides", not all voices calling for gun control have a covert agenda of any sort. Many if not most simply want to cut back on avoidable needless and tragic gun deaths emplying common sense solutions. Strong Second Amendment advocates also have a civic obligation to be proactive in advancing sensible solutions to a dangerous growing public safety crisis. A good argument can be made that doing so will ultimately strengthen public support for preserving legitimate Second Amendment rights.

It's not like humanity hasn't found ways to manage potentially "slippery slopes" before. In many parts of the world people use terracing of hillsides to counter the problem of slippery slopes, allowing thlse hills to be gainfully used for agriculture and the like. Gun advocates have the ability and option to carve out reasonable positions to make their stands on, instead they support things like gun show exceptions to background checks.