Thread:Comments:Gun background checks a no-go in US Senate/The mission of the U.S. government is not to keep the people SAFE; it is to keep them FREE/reply (2)

I am interested in enjoying "wholesome connection" with you, in the form of an intelligent, mutually stimulating conversation that is not marred by animosity. This is always my main reason for participating in conversation. For me, the experience is not competitive; I don't think of a conversation as something to win.

IMO, your entire post consists of an ad hominem attack in which you try to refute the idea that I've expressed by suggesting that there is something repugnant, and possibly malicious, about the form in which I express it. My response is that form and motive are irrelevant. Even if the form of my post constitutes "a technique", and even if I am using that technique deliberately, all of that is irrelevant and is not effective in refuting my idea.

I think that we agree that the frequency with which mass killings occur presents a problem for society. One approach to reduce mass killings is to disarm the population. My point is simply that there is another approach: Develop the character of the population. Find a way for society to do better at the job of raising up the children into good, strong men and women. I would argue further that the Constitution of the United States bars the easy approach of disarming the population.