Why did so many #GunBullies need assault weapons to protest a lunch mtg of 4 @MomsDemand members in

[Joker22Sierra]

6. Perspective

Opposing rallies are a commonplace among differing groups. For example, the Westboro Baptist Church is allowed to protest at Military funerals, and so are the Patriot Guard which serves to barricade the family from having to see the degrading and hateful signs. What should not be forgotten is that those people all had the right to be there, as much as MDA had the right to be there.

MDA and other anti-gun groups like to throw around numbers that are not only incorrect, but misrepresented in order to lobby their point. However, most of the pro-gun groups are using the real numbers, and the main reason there is so much feuding is that the numbers confirm their standpoint. Another main difference is that many people who want to actually sit down and talk about sensible solutions are overshadowed by the extremists of each group, compromising hope for accomplishing any objective. Similarly, when arguments are based in emotion rather than logic and factual analysis, people become disheartened when trying to debate an issue.

Frankly, if MDA or any other coalition wishes to talk seriously about the issues, they need to stop using their current tactics. On their Facebook pages, people who are pro-gun try to debate using logical arguments and get banned from posting. That isn't helping the public image at all. Also, using one perspective of a group shot that is contrary to the actual perspective that it was intended for is classic misdirection and makes the group here look like they are "waiting in ambush" as some people have called it. However, the real picture is a group photo, with a first row that is kneeling while the back row stands. Nothing threatening or bully-ish about it. If anyone wants to be taken seriously, they should stop posting using emotional verbiage, and start using rational arguments with factual information. Because lets face it, there are bullies on every side.