An NC Gun Blog: Look damn it, our company policy is NO GUNS. Wait, maybe we should re-evaluate that policy

An NC Gun Blog: Look damn it, our company policy is NO GUNS. Wait, maybe we should re-evaluate that policy

I think many who causally support gun control do so because they care about people and would like for no one to have a gun used against them rather than a particular conviction that the populous should be disarmed. When such people are faced with situation like this where an armed would be victim protects themselves and others from criminals that same compassion that lead them to support gun control will lead many to support the would be victim.

I think this is our biggest advantage and challenge. We have to reach out to people who may not know anything about guns and are likely justly afraid of being killed by criminals and persuade them that their desire for criminals not to have guns is unrealistic or requires the facilitation of the victimization of large numbers of vulnerable citizens and thus trying to enforce that desire through legislative means does more harm than good. We must put forth the less than ideal position that citizens should confront armed threats with an armed response.

Both gun rights supporters and gun control supporters don't want people to be killed with guns. Our opponents can stick to a idealized dream that they can not enact while disavowing the negative consequences of there proposals. We must support negative consequences of our position and accept the lesser of the evils that the criminal should hopefully be hurt or killed rather than would be victims.

I think most would agree that is a less evil but it is always easier to pretend that there is a perfect solution then to reconcile one's self to the imperfect.