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Yeah, here's one of those "fine and interesting points":
"Some Americans teach their children that gun ownership is a right a responsibility, and that guns are tools to respect and enjoy. Others discipline five-year olds for fashioning pretend guns out of pipe cleaners; they view guns with something resembling disgust.
Productive conversations about guns can thus be difficult because the anti-gun movement gives little to no weight to the values of private gun ownership. That is because “gun disgust” engenders a bias against guns." :icon_rolleyes:
Speaking of impeding productive conversations about guns...pot meet kettle! I mean, seriously, the tone in this article toward those who favor gun control is so condescending and belittling while maintaining that pro-gun advocates are rational and reasonable is completely ridiculous and biased. Of course, I see the source (Fox "News") and understand the bias, but my larger concern is that some people will read this and accept this position as fact because it's "printed" on a "news" site. This is neither fact nor objective journalism; it's opinion, plain and simple, draped in the cloak of news. This is an op-ed piece without the clarification that we should read this as opinion. And I would say this is counter-productive, hurts gun-rights activists because it makes people mad. I'm not a liberal, I'm not a conservative, I believe in gun rights, and I believe in moderate, common-sense gun control. I agree that an assault weapons ban will do little to stem the violence in our nation, and I agree an AWB or a ban on 10rd. mags will NOT prevent another mass shooting. But this article is just too opinionated, which is fine. People are entitled to their opinions, but when he hides behind the cloak of "newscasting," that's when it becomes problematic.
Read more: The gun debate is a culture debate | Fox News
"Some Americans teach their children that gun ownership is a right a responsibility, and that guns are tools to respect and enjoy. Others discipline five-year olds for fashioning pretend guns out of pipe cleaners; they view guns with something resembling disgust.
Productive conversations about guns can thus be difficult because the anti-gun movement gives little to no weight to the values of private gun ownership. That is because “gun disgust” engenders a bias against guns." :icon_rolleyes:
Speaking of impeding productive conversations about guns...pot meet kettle! I mean, seriously, the tone in this article toward those who favor gun control is so condescending and belittling while maintaining that pro-gun advocates are rational and reasonable is completely ridiculous and biased. Of course, I see the source (Fox "News") and understand the bias, but my larger concern is that some people will read this and accept this position as fact because it's "printed" on a "news" site. This is neither fact nor objective journalism; it's opinion, plain and simple, draped in the cloak of news. This is an op-ed piece without the clarification that we should read this as opinion. And I would say this is counter-productive, hurts gun-rights activists because it makes people mad. I'm not a liberal, I'm not a conservative, I believe in gun rights, and I believe in moderate, common-sense gun control. I agree that an assault weapons ban will do little to stem the violence in our nation, and I agree an AWB or a ban on 10rd. mags will NOT prevent another mass shooting. But this article is just too opinionated, which is fine. People are entitled to their opinions, but when he hides behind the cloak of "newscasting," that's when it becomes problematic.
Read more: The gun debate is a culture debate | Fox News