Originally Posted By: Der Ami

... we have to beat them at their own game.


This bears repeating.

Alcohol prohibition became law because the temperance movement made an emotional argument that was accepted as "common sense" by even some drinkers. And we all know how well that turned out. You could take many of the early 20th century anti-alcohol jeremiads and substitute "gun" for "liquor" and they would be all but verbatim for the current anti-gun positions. Logic and reason go out the window when the other side says they're in favor of childrens' safety, and by default we're not.