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5. I guess I should add the following for lurking gunners:

I realize that not all of the "gun rights" crowd think they can take on the police or military with their weapons. I happen to know a few myself. Their argument is very honest, just devoid of empathy and humanity.

Their argument boils down to "I realize my huge arsenal won't do me much good against tyranny, but I really have a whole lot of fun shooting it at the gun range. I realize a whole bunch of people die per year due to gun violence, but I love my toys at the range for a few hours of feeling really cool; that means more to me than anything else. Plus, have you seen these things? They look really cool!"

In some ways, I can respect that argument. It is up front an honest. These particular individuals aren't deluded in thinking their AR-15 will make them Rambo, and by stating they won't change their beliefs they aren't trying to sucker you in to a dishonest "debate". However, those respect points go way down due to the utter lack of humanity that is required in order to have that sort of ideological perspective.