New Study Details Gun Injuries Suffered by Children

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170. Well obviously there are some posters here on this thread that do feel that semantics are ...

important and disagree with expanding the meaning of the word child to cause a more emotional impact.

I've found over the years that gun control advocates love emotional arguments while gun rights advocates prefer facts. Gun control advocates often know little or nothing about firearms and are unwilling to learn. Gun rights advocates often own firearms and are very familiar with firearm technology and terminology.

I just offered some free advice to gun control advocates which if it were taken would enable them to avoid much of the ridicule which I have heard expressed by gun owners over the years.

To be taken seriously in any debate you have to have a good grasp of the subject.

I would love to see the level of the debates on gun control here on DU increase. I am even willing to change my views on the subject when I find an argument that makes more sense than mine. Many years ago I posted on mostly pro-gun sites where everybody largely agreed with me on gun control. Unfortunately most of these sites were so ultra conservative that I rarely agreed with the views expressed on other topics.

Then I discovered DU. I now had a chance to test my views on gun control with some of the most intelligent liberal and progressive posters on the internet. I learned a lot about gun control and have modified by original views over the years as I considered some very good arguments from gun control advocates. I could also participate in other discussions on different topics and not have to constantly read far right viewpoints which differ greatly from mine.

But like I said, my advise is free and you and others can take it for what it is worth.