Urban dwellers are about as qualified to talk about guns as rednecks are to talk about affirmative action in Ivy league schools. For both good and bad. While everyone has a right to an opinion, the opposing sides of each issue view the other side with Ad-hominem dread. And while we should not pre-suppose from where the best ideas will come from, the fact of the matter is that neither side is likely to really respect the opinions of the other either. In the absence of true dialogue, the options are (1) do nothing; and (2) steam-roll the otherside, not taking their view into consideration. Arguably (1) is both easier and more intelligent, in that is likely to be "less wrong".
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Urban dwellers are about as qualified to talk about guns as rednecks are to talk about affirmative action in Ivy league schools. For both good and bad. While everyone has a right to an opinion, the opposing sides of each issue view the other side with Ad-hominem dread. And while we should not pre-suppose from where the best ideas will come from, the fact of the matter is that neither side is likely to really respect the opinions of the other either. In the absence of true dialogue, the options are (1) do nothing; and (2) steam-roll the otherside, not taking their view into consideration. Arguably (1) is both easier and more intelligent, in that is likely to be "less wrong".