Because of the kind of things I enjoy doing, I encounter quite a few reattlesnakes each year.
I respect rattlesnakes. They are interesting and amazing animals. When I hear their warning, I stop what I'm doing. I focus on the rattlesnake and show great respect for it. I don't confront the rattlesnake. I don't try to injur or kill it.
I don't think rattlesnakes should be eliminated. I recognize that they are not evil. They are simply insecure. Frightened by a large thermal mass that they don't understand, they respond in the only way they know how. I try to avoid them and let them try to avoid me.
-- Now replace "rattlesnake" with "gun owner" in the previous paragraphs and that's the way I look at guns in the US.

I respect rattlesnakes. They are interesting and amazing animals. When I hear their warning, I stop what I'm doing. I focus on the rattlesnake and show great respect for it. I don't confront the rattlesnake. I don't try to injur or kill it.
I don't think rattlesnakes should be eliminated. I recognize that they are not evil. They are simply insecure. Frightened by a large thermal mass that they don't understand, they respond in the only way they know how. I try to avoid them and let them try to avoid me.
-- Now replace "rattlesnake" with "gun owner" in the previous paragraphs and that's the way I look at guns in the US.