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Naturally the sycophants who comment over there thought Robert did really well. I didn't.
For one thing, he too quickly resorted to the "2nd Amendment - it's our right" defense. Saying that gun rights cannot be infringed because it says so in the Constitution is pretty weak, as Rosenthal pointed out.
The other major weakness in Farago's comments was all that emphasis on how criminals will always get guns. I covered this bogus pro-gun argument at length in this post. To back up his position Robert says because we have "150 million guns out there in circulation" there's no way we can stop the bad guys from getting them.
Well, for one thing, those guns are not out there in circulation. They are, every single one of them, the lawful property of someone. The major ways that guns slip from lawful gun owners to criminals can be addressed through proper gun control laws. This is what Robert conveniently skips over. And this is why we need those laws.
I'm afraid Robert Farago didn't do so well in this little debate. At first I was surprised he even posted it on his site, but then when I read the comments I remembered with his following there was nothing to lose.
What did you think about it? I'd like to hear.
