I'm for guns, but I'm not going to sit here and tell everyone to go out and get a gun, I know they're not for everyone. Why do people against guns insist on telling me to get rid of mine to be left defenseless like them?
Answer: Because the overwhelming majority are not asking you to go defenseless.
Why, why do people make the extreme case so often?
Answer: To make the opposing side look extremist when they are doing the same. Both are extremists.
Hey, here is one member of a band that was on stage in Las Vegas. He is emotional, as expected.
"One guitarist who played there said that the killings had changed his views on gun laws. The performer whose views had shifted — Caleb Keeter of the Josh Abbott Band, which was part of the weekend lineup in Las Vegas — said on Twitter on Monday that he had been “a proponent of the Second Amendment my entire life.” He added, “Until the events of last night.
Keeter added, "I cannot express how wrong I was.”
Yes, once you are the target, your views frequently change. It's human nature to go the other way after you are the target of a psycho, and his views may temper after a month or so. Still....