A How-To Guide On Dealing With A ‘Gunsplainer’

[Matrosov]

17. The point he's trying to make

..is that many people who are passionate about gun control have a difficult time making anything beyond an emotional argument and don't know the first thing about firearms. When you try to offer them advice, they can become extremely defensive and dismiss anyone who does know anything about firearms as a gun nut.

I've experienced this first hand several times whenever I've pointed out a major reason that gun control efforts have difficult time gaining traction is because too many reserve their efforts for whenever there is a mass shooting in the news and too many don't bother to educate themselves even a little bit. More than one of those posts/threads got reported for 'right wing talking points' and 'gun not babble' and the first report even begged for MIRT to get rid of me.

Even yesterday, when I made a thread explaining semi-automatic rifles, I received some nasty responses. From the people who want more gun control, not from the gun owners. This after I've argued several times the past few days that the only way to ban assault rifles is to ban semi-automatics in general. The lack of logic can be astounding. We can be our own worst enemies.