CeasefirePA is coming to my school

[Grey Bearded One]

"If you have your way, how are the tax paying lawful citizens to practice thier right to self-defense and perserve their rigth to life?"

Shout "NO!" very loudly. Blow a whistle. Run. And my favorite, call 911.

Almost forgot . . . say, "I will comply but I do not consent."

[daschnoz]

Don't forget moving your bowels or urinating on your attacker.

[Phillygunguy]

Debate them use their augments against them make then look like fools .You should make a video and show it on here

[BestDefense=StrongOffense]

Good luck...factually kick them in the junk

[Emptymag]

When they start speaking of the citizens "right to be safe", and they will, be sure to ask them if a 100lb woman doesn't have a right to defend herself against a 250lb rapist and how exactly she would accomplish that without a handgun. Especially if she doesn't have to pee at the moment. Be nice if you could record it.

"Doesn't have to pee"

I see what you did there.

[tlgpa]

I think I've accumulated ( in my brain) more than enough statistics to destroy any anti in a debate.

Well you just wasted your time there. Statistics are irrelevant to the anti's. They only deal in emotional arguments.

[Loggy1512]

Please let us know how many times you heard "for the children"...

[Grey Bearded One]

Well you just wasted your time there. Statistics are irrelevant to the anti's. They only deal in emotional arguments.

No, statistics are so important to the antis that they make them up.

[LBaker]

And when they are done there they head to Harrisburg. This is a hoot, notice who they call their hero.

http://www.politicspa.com/preview-pa...-summit/46346/#

[Steve_NEPhila]

Be prepared for the facile question "Why do you need an assault rifle." There are many great answers to this question and you should formulate your own. However, the common theme they are kicking these days is that the gun is the problem, not the behavior.

You can equate this to the Framningham study of heart disease. Was beef and bacon the problem or was the behavior? Even the biased editorial staff at the NEJM had a recent "article" extolling the danger posed by guns (early Feb if I remember correctly).

The best way to dress this down is to dig in and ask them for data, which they cannot provide. What they will provide are platitudes like "studies show that a gun in the home is X times more likely to kill someone you know..." ask for citations and additional data. Who did the study, what was the sample size etc... Use the scientific process to rebuke their foolish notions. You have a prime opportunity here to use the scientific training you and your classmates are in the process of receiving to rebuke these clowns. Be as critical as if you were peer reviewing a study on MRSA and COPD for example.

Taking the route of being critical and demanding scientific proof will help convert your classmates most efficiently. Your classmates are in medical school because they believe in the evidenced based approach, demand evidence. Also, be ready to regularly point out that the root cause is human behavior not the implements used to effect it.

Is this school Allopathic?