NPR talking head on gun control

[where I want to]

A program from Canada, which I frequently hear, had a bit on American gun control. On it were three people beside the moderator. One strongly for gun control, one who was trying to explain American values on guns and one moderately supportive of gun ownership.
Unfortunately the gun control advocate was so excited that he kept talking over everyone else.
But something he said so bothered me and I think is so typical of the current left on so many topics, that I can't stop thinking on it.
He said, actually shouted, that the people who object to gun control would have certainly objected to arming the Black Panthers. So from out of the blue, he catagorized everyone on the gun rights side as white racists. Also he seems to feel that the gun people want to "arm" people (maybe conduct private wars?) and seem to not even think that maybe the Black Panthers having guns might have had an effect on civil rights that would not have happened without that threat.
Of course, this is about the right choose to arm yourself, not other people. And race had not even been mentioned until he just popped out with it. But it shows the deep beliefs from the left on many issues, as posted here. It defines conservatives as racists anytime there is a disagreement. In their mind, it must put paid to having to think anything further.

[watcher]

Ignorance is showing. EVERY one of the early gun control laws were specificly aimed at preventing a 'race' from being able to be armed. They were passed in the north to keep immigrants (read Irish) unarmed, in the south they were passed to keep freed blacks unarmed. Its dang difficult to lynch an armed man.

[FourDeuce]

I wouldn't call that a talking HEAD. Another part of anatomy comes to mind.

[Ozarks Tom]

It's amazing how emotional the anti-gun people get when trying to convince someone of their argument. No thought to a real solution, just do SOMETHING. Logic and facts don't seem to enter into their reasoning, it's almost as if their fear of guns (and faith in government) is irrational.

[Tiempo]

Originally Posted by Ozarks Tom

It's amazing how emotional the anti-gun people get when trying to convince someone of their argument. No thought to a real solution, just do SOMETHING. Logic and facts don't seem to enter into their reasoning, it's almost as if their fear of guns (and faith in government) is irrational.

I see that on the extreme ends of both POV

ETA On most issues, not just guns.

[Farmer Willy]

[Old Vet]

Originally Posted by where I want to

A program from Canada, which I frequently hear, had a bit on American gun control. On it were three people beside the moderator. One strongly for gun control, one who was trying to explain American values on guns and one moderately supportive of gun ownership.
Unfortunately the gun control advocate was so excited that he kept talking over everyone else.
But something he said so bothered me and I think is so typical of the current left on so many topics, that I can't stop thinking on it.
He said, actually shouted, that the people who object to gun control would have certainly objected to arming the Black Panthers. So from out of the blue, he catagorized everyone on the gun rights side as white racists. Also he seems to feel that the gun people want to "arm" people (maybe conduct private wars?) and seem to not even think that maybe the Black Panthers having guns might have had an effect on civil rights that would not have happened without that threat.
Of course, this is about the right choose to arm yourself, not other people. And race had not even been mentioned until he just popped out with it. But it shows the deep beliefs from the left on many issues, as posted here. It defines conservatives as racists anytime there is a disagreement. In their mind, it must put paid to having to think anything further.

Another revisionist history lesion. The Black panthers were armed during the 60's and the 70's and they might be armed today.

[Jim-mi]

Those idiots develop a form of tunnel vision..
And no amount of logic will change anything.
The truth and nothing but the truth shall / will pass from ear lobe to ear lobe with out entering their pea brain at all.