Responsible Gun Owner's 3-Year-Old Fatally Shoots Her In The Head

[sarisataka]

211. No need

I have seen what "gun lovers" call gun (control?) supporters. They get extremely offended at very mild epithets e.g. "grabber"
I still see far more name calling coming from the control side.

Is a fear irrational if there is proof or are you paranoid if people really are out to get you? The leading gun control proponents clearly state a zero gun society is the ultimate goal. Do I really need to repost all of the historical statements supporting this?

Now I really would not be opposed to a zero gun society if it removed all violence; that would be a very fair trade. As we all know, that will not happen.
Now you may say other countries, blah blah blah , low gun deaths. yet other countries do have gun deaths, they have violent crime and as our violent crime rate, sans pistolets, is still much higher than the typically compared nations, it is logical to conclude we would still have a violent crime problem.
I cannot support a single path approach that IMO would likely increase overall violent crime rates, albeit reducing gun crime. To put a finer point on it, increasing the incident of rape is too high of a cost to reduce my chances of being a victim of gun related crime.

Lastly, the gun lobby side has historically often supported gun control. Each time that has happened it was determined that it wasn't enough, a little more gun control was needed. We still see it happening, Washington being the latest example. Votes were still being counted for I 594 (which overall I have little objection to) and GC proponents were discussion adding more controls.
It is this incrementalism that allowed a faction to seize control of the NRA in the 70's, transforming it from a hunting/educational organization to one that has an extremely effective lobbying arm. The modern, no compromise, NRA is a direct result of steadily increasing gun control initiatives.