Doug wrote:

Ok, I can find just as many sites in favor of gun control as against
citing stats to back up their opinion. Now what ???

Make two lists: One in favor of wide-spread gun ownership and one promoting
significant and severe restrictions. On each item in each list, try to
determine whether the attribute is based on demonstrable facts or is based
on "feelings" or "possibilities". Take firearm registration as an example:

Pro-gun: "Registration of firearms will or can lead to confiscation". While
this is a "possibility" and an emotional "fear," it HAS happened in many
parts of the world. Both New York and California have used such lists to
confiscate guns within their jurisdictions. So, then, those who oppose
registration based on the possibility of confiscation are not entirely
off-base.

Anti-gun: "Guns have gun-cooties and merely touching a gun will infect the
handler with an overwhelming desire to shoot babies." It IS true that some
are unable to control their anger or fear and that the availability of a
weapon will give them the ability to act out their rage. The opposition to
guns based on this fact evidences a psychological condition known as
"projection," that is, attributing to others what the subject feels he would
do.