
Originally Posted by
centrarchidae
You can't reason with the anti-gun bastards. You can (sort of) reason with the 20-40% of voters who don't care a whole hell of a lot either way. Like it or not, our future depends a lot on people who don't care all that much either way.
I've fallen back on emotional arguments myself: As a parent, recent events taught me that in the end, I may be the one who has to protect my kids. If I have to use force to protect my children, I need every advantage I can get. Which, like Justin said, is nice frosting right on top of the logical argument cake.