Share your way of converting the Antis: Arguing Methods

[Venus Pax]

I believe it was St. Francis of Assissi that said, "Tell people about Christ everywhere you go. When necessary, use words."
I try to do that in my life. I'm constantly missing the mark, but desire that people would see Christ in me, and desire Him in their own lives.

I take the same approach to my RKBA beliefs. I try to discuss it from the perspective of an educated and sane person. A person's actions/behaviors speak volumes more than words could ever.

[jimlongley]

I have "converted" a couple, including my nominally anti wife, who fired a perfect score on her CHL requal. Her reaction the first time she saw my gun cabinet was "I don't know if I can live in a house with guns in it."

I try to reason with whomever, the office manager at the job I was just laid off from was well on her way to conversion when I left, although I am not sure she didn't expect me to come back and start shooting the place up last Friday when I was let go.

I try not to get strident, and to listen carefully to their concerns, and not denigrate their opinions and feelings (particularly feelings) while letting them know how and why I disagree.

and I often hand them a paper copy of Finn Aagaard's manifesto. http://www.seark.net/~jlove/essay3.htm

[G.C.Montgomery]

True "anti's" in my book are at the bottom of the food chain and not worth my time. I learned from working in academia that some people have made up their minds and there simply is no point in confusing them with the facts. You should never argue with a fool…People may not know the difference.

Other than that, I live my life. Some people have a passion for golf, art, music or cars. I have a passion for shooting and I make no apologies for it. I do work hard at being a friendly and accurate source of information rather than spouting off something I’ve heard but haven’t verified. Having said that, I obviously don’t know everything and I’m not afraid to admit it. When people ask questions to which I have no answer, I tell them as much but offer to find the answer or tell them where to get the answer.

Perhaps my one fault is that I will butt into conversations where I hear an ignorant gun owner adding to another person’s ignorance. This includes the classic “advice� about dragging a body into the house after shooting a burglar or proof of “stopping/knockdown power� through things like the mythical Strausburg Goat Tests. I see no point in letting Ray Charles give Stevie Wonder driving lessons, particularly when it comes to guns.

[ElGato]

I see no point in letting Ray Charles give Stevie Wonder driving lessons, particularly when it comes to guns.

A great analogy G.C., but you are right, it does happen and too often when it concern's gun's and our 2nd A.

[Stupid]

Most people are just ignorant and ill informed. When I said police have no duty nor responsibility to protect us, a whole room of people said "bull!"

[RPBrown]

A true anti (Fienstien,Pelosi,Kennedy,Clinton types) cannot be reformed. So they can only be debated.

The mis-informed anti's are the ones we need to educate and onvert.

[packina45]

Most people are just ignorant and ill informed. When I said police have no duty nor responsibility to protect us, a whole room of people said "bull!"

The cops, for the most part, can't even protect THEMSELVES.

A recent FBI Behavioral Science Unit report shows that gun laws don't prevent officers from being killed in the line of duty, and in fact, the average potential cop-killer has more experience and practice with weapons than the officer they target.