Police say a mother is facing a child endangerment charge after her toddler found a gun in her purse and accidentally fired it in a southern Ohio Walmart store last week
I’m not pro-gun, or pro-car, or anything that is a detriment to society. I vote progressively, donate to digital rights groups, and contribute money and code to open source projects. I believe in a better world.
Okay, with that out of the way, I’m looking for an argument I can use against a gun owner to tell them that they should not own a gun.
School shootings and dead kids is somehow not enough to convince them, because of the claim that its a minority of reckless users who are the problem. I am looking for other arguments I can use, and I will question arguments that seem weak or inconsistent to me.
Apologies if the car argument is often used by them, it came to me on the spur of the moment. Clearly it was a bad argument.
I don’t think there is an argument that could convince someone who wears their gun like it’s a religion. They see that as part of their identity, and you can’t change that with simple logic.
Change almost never comes from the outside. You have to want to change. They have to put the pieces together themselves and many people just lack the required introspection.
These folks get a hit of dopamine from guns. That’s hard to fight against with logical argument.
Everyone has their irrational topics where it’s hard or impossible to be reasoned with. The issue is that it’s really hard to spot that with yourself, because in one’s mind it all sounds reasonable.
Many firm beliefs that everyone of us holds are not nearly as much backed by science than we actually believe.
I’m looking for an argument I can use against a gun owner to tell them that they should not own a gun.
I don’t think there is a universal argument against it that will work with everyone. Find out why they actually want a gun (not what they tell others on the surface) and check if there is a way they can get what they need without it.
If they have a gun because it makes them feel more “manly” then no argument will help, telling them they don’t need a gun to be a man could. If they feel insecure and threatened, helping them to find other ways to feel secure and safe again will help. It could be group pressure, it could be anything.
If you can’t make them give away the gun, maybe you can make them put it behind a lock, gun and ammunition separated at least. That would keep everyone more save. Sometimes it is all one can do, but it would have hindered this accident to happen.
My only gripe with what you said is that there are legitimately irresponsible drivers and irresponsible gun owners. I don’t think there’s anything you can say to most Americans who own a gun to get them to not. Guns are so tied to the American image, it’s not a tool, or a hobby…it’s a fetish, a symbol of belonging to the group.
The car argument isn’t a bad one, but saying that everyone is responsible until they’re not is a falsehood.
A better way to phrase it might be something along the lines of:
Even responsible drivers can make an error, and a single error, one split second of inattentiveness, can destroy the lives of so many people. Now consider how many people are irresponsible drivers.
Even responsible drivers can make an error, and a single error, one split second of inattentiveness, can destroy the lives of so many people. Now consider how many people are irresponsible drivers.
You’ll have to do it with work. No magic bullet on this one. I own zero firearms but I’m a staunch advocate for 2a and our right to self defense.
A lot of people don’t have well thought out reasoning, but it’s cultural. I’m not saying they don’t think about it so much as they never thought to, because they don’t see those problems in their communities. They’ve been around firearms their whole life. When you go to a farm on a shooting day the old timers find the noobs and gently correct them. Problems get sorted quickly from those group experiences.
So, you have to ask questions to sort out where they stand and to break down their ideas into something more concrete. You have to kinda neutrally get them to put thought into how they came to the ideas they have.
That’s a no to this and the comment you’re replying to
I’m not pro-gun, or pro-car, or anything that is a detriment to society. I vote progressively, donate to digital rights groups, and contribute money and code to open source projects. I believe in a better world.
Okay, with that out of the way, I’m looking for an argument I can use against a gun owner to tell them that they should not own a gun.
School shootings and dead kids is somehow not enough to convince them, because of the claim that its a minority of reckless users who are the problem. I am looking for other arguments I can use, and I will question arguments that seem weak or inconsistent to me.
Apologies if the car argument is often used by them, it came to me on the spur of the moment. Clearly it was a bad argument.
That puts your original comment into perspective.
I don’t think there is an argument that could convince someone who wears their gun like it’s a religion. They see that as part of their identity, and you can’t change that with simple logic.
I guess I live in the hope that we’re all human beings capable of being reasoned with
Change almost never comes from the outside. You have to want to change. They have to put the pieces together themselves and many people just lack the required introspection.
These folks get a hit of dopamine from guns. That’s hard to fight against with logical argument.
Everyone has their irrational topics where it’s hard or impossible to be reasoned with. The issue is that it’s really hard to spot that with yourself, because in one’s mind it all sounds reasonable.
Many firm beliefs that everyone of us holds are not nearly as much backed by science than we actually believe.
Oh my sweet summer child
I don’t think there is a universal argument against it that will work with everyone. Find out why they actually want a gun (not what they tell others on the surface) and check if there is a way they can get what they need without it.
If they have a gun because it makes them feel more “manly” then no argument will help, telling them they don’t need a gun to be a man could. If they feel insecure and threatened, helping them to find other ways to feel secure and safe again will help. It could be group pressure, it could be anything.
If you can’t make them give away the gun, maybe you can make them put it behind a lock, gun and ammunition separated at least. That would keep everyone more save. Sometimes it is all one can do, but it would have hindered this accident to happen.
My only gripe with what you said is that there are legitimately irresponsible drivers and irresponsible gun owners. I don’t think there’s anything you can say to most Americans who own a gun to get them to not. Guns are so tied to the American image, it’s not a tool, or a hobby…it’s a fetish, a symbol of belonging to the group.
The car argument isn’t a bad one, but saying that everyone is responsible until they’re not is a falsehood.
A better way to phrase it might be something along the lines of:
Even responsible drivers can make an error, and a single error, one split second of inattentiveness, can destroy the lives of so many people. Now consider how many people are irresponsible drivers.
This is a good one to use, my thanks.
No sweat 👍
You’ll have to do it with work. No magic bullet on this one. I own zero firearms but I’m a staunch advocate for 2a and our right to self defense.
A lot of people don’t have well thought out reasoning, but it’s cultural. I’m not saying they don’t think about it so much as they never thought to, because they don’t see those problems in their communities. They’ve been around firearms their whole life. When you go to a farm on a shooting day the old timers find the noobs and gently correct them. Problems get sorted quickly from those group experiences.
So, you have to ask questions to sort out where they stand and to break down their ideas into something more concrete. You have to kinda neutrally get them to put thought into how they came to the ideas they have.
“No one is going to break into your suburban home, Steve. Quit being such a pussy.”