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Rifle beauty contest....
So in the course of a discussion on "assault weapons" I had with a couple people who are not really on either side of the gun debate; I showed them 2 pictures:
Picture 1: M-14
Picture 2: M-4
I asked them to pick "the most deadly rifle" and they both picked the M-4. no real surprise here, I was just fascinated by the experiment. I then informed each that the M-14 fires a larger round, can shoot just as fast and hold just as many bullets in it's "assault clip".
On another note: I have made a couple people who are either neutral or anti stop in their tracks using the "civil liberties" approach. I was asked why I wouldn't support a ban and my reply was "I think we have to be very cautious when we enter the territory of taking away civil liberties from the masses based on the abuses of that liberty by the few. If this was the 1st, 4th, or 5th amendment in question it would never have gotten as far as the attacks on the 2nd has." Then I explained that the bill or rights was at first considered unnecessary because everyone knew those rights descended from God to each individual and therefore could not be taken. However, after consideration of human nature they decided to codify those rights into law as what we know as "the bill of rights" so that no one group that didn't value a particular right could take it away from another group who did value it.
My point is, as has been stated here many times; it's a matter of education, and the key to educating is connecting with your audience effectively.
Picture 1: M-14
Picture 2: M-4
I asked them to pick "the most deadly rifle" and they both picked the M-4. no real surprise here, I was just fascinated by the experiment. I then informed each that the M-14 fires a larger round, can shoot just as fast and hold just as many bullets in it's "assault clip".
On another note: I have made a couple people who are either neutral or anti stop in their tracks using the "civil liberties" approach. I was asked why I wouldn't support a ban and my reply was "I think we have to be very cautious when we enter the territory of taking away civil liberties from the masses based on the abuses of that liberty by the few. If this was the 1st, 4th, or 5th amendment in question it would never have gotten as far as the attacks on the 2nd has." Then I explained that the bill or rights was at first considered unnecessary because everyone knew those rights descended from God to each individual and therefore could not be taken. However, after consideration of human nature they decided to codify those rights into law as what we know as "the bill of rights" so that no one group that didn't value a particular right could take it away from another group who did value it.
My point is, as has been stated here many times; it's a matter of education, and the key to educating is connecting with your audience effectively.
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