I gave the Scary Gun test
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2020 9:22 am
Had a young acquaintance stop by the house earlier this week... He has been over before and knows that I am into firearms... While we have had some discussions in the past about them we never really got into the politics or meat of the subject....
Anyway... We did this time start into gun ownership, laws, etc. and he told me his wife wanted him to get a gun for home protection... I can tell he is still hesitant about getting one... Oh, I should also let you know he is a democrat... Not rabid, just has drunk the cool aid... So I decided I would try the scary gun test on him...
Ruger 10/22
S&W AR 15-22
30 Caliber M1 Carbine....
Ruger PC Carbine with M-lock barrel and retractable buttstock... (Looks like an AR platform)
So guess which one he chose as the one most scariest and most likely to do most harm..... YEP.... the AR 15-22.... Then of course the Ruger Carbine...
At this point I pulled out a .22lr, 9mm and 30 caliber round and matched each one up to the gun I had pulled out for him. I also pulled out a 9mm pistol. As I so very gently showed him the differences I also began explaining liberal talking points to him... Why the term "assault rifle" is fake, why the 2nd ammendment gives me the right to defend myself. etc, etc..... I also began to give him some statistical facts on number of defensive use VS offensive use of firearms and how it's probably a 10 to 1 difference... He agreed that those never really get reported, obviously even his wife is telling him to get a gun...
I would like to think that in the end, I was able to right some wrongs in his mind and hopefully bring him into the light... Again, he was never anti-gun, just not very knowledgeable and his main source of information was left leaning news.... Hopefully I will be able to eventually get him and his wife to the range and I guarantee we'll have a full convert....
Anyway... We did this time start into gun ownership, laws, etc. and he told me his wife wanted him to get a gun for home protection... I can tell he is still hesitant about getting one... Oh, I should also let you know he is a democrat... Not rabid, just has drunk the cool aid... So I decided I would try the scary gun test on him...
Ruger 10/22
S&W AR 15-22
30 Caliber M1 Carbine....
Ruger PC Carbine with M-lock barrel and retractable buttstock... (Looks like an AR platform)
So guess which one he chose as the one most scariest and most likely to do most harm..... YEP.... the AR 15-22.... Then of course the Ruger Carbine...
At this point I pulled out a .22lr, 9mm and 30 caliber round and matched each one up to the gun I had pulled out for him. I also pulled out a 9mm pistol. As I so very gently showed him the differences I also began explaining liberal talking points to him... Why the term "assault rifle" is fake, why the 2nd ammendment gives me the right to defend myself. etc, etc..... I also began to give him some statistical facts on number of defensive use VS offensive use of firearms and how it's probably a 10 to 1 difference... He agreed that those never really get reported, obviously even his wife is telling him to get a gun...
I would like to think that in the end, I was able to right some wrongs in his mind and hopefully bring him into the light... Again, he was never anti-gun, just not very knowledgeable and his main source of information was left leaning news.... Hopefully I will be able to eventually get him and his wife to the range and I guarantee we'll have a full convert....
