Road Rage and easy access to firearms

[Lizzie Poppet]

53. Please don't (grossly) misrepresent my statements.

"Whenever you claim emotion needs to be taken out of the equation..."

I not only never made such a claim, I specifically stated that emotion has an important place in the process. Please stop misrepresenting my statements...or this conversation is over.

Now, as for your assertion that my claim that the pro-control side is allowing emotion to color their view of objective fact is "laughable," we're never going to come to an agreement on that, I suspect. I've seen far, far too many examples of precisely that. Not that the pro-gun-rights side doesn't have its share of over-emotionalism. It undeniably does. I've encountered it in my own advocacy of such measures as universal background checks and gun security mandates.

I don't disagree with your assertion that emotion can be a strong impetus for change, but I'd point out that it can drive people to do the wrong thing just as often as the right thing. History abounds with examples. That's precisely why it should be subordinate to verifiable fact (not eliminated, I reiterate) when determining the best course of action for a society.