Mr Tuctom: As I've said before, one of our goals as a society should be to prevent guns from falling into the hands of the criminal or the mentally unbalanced. Since every initial purchase is (or should be) a legal one, how do we prevent a legal gun from falling into an illegal hand? Look in the mirror. those weapons are coming FROM legal gun owners. So how do we change that? How do we improve upon public safety? It falls to us, the legal gun owners, to change that dynamic.
As far as me having an agenda, you're right, I do. An agenda of sanity and reasonableness. An agenda to change our gun culture to one of more sober responsibility. An agenda of getting rid of BS arguments and outright lies and having a discussion based on facts, not fiction. An agenda of changing our gun culture from within, not having something we don't like rammed down our throats from other factions.
As far as "learning to debate", I don't think so. I'm well into my 50s. I think I can hold my own in a discussion.