Originally Posted by
togor
A guy doesn't have to agree with them, but it should be easy enough to understand why people are mad. They don't like getting shot at. They don't like it when their kids or parents or spouses get shot at. Maimed. Killed. The NRA's advice is: return fire. Fine if you're in the infantry, but not everyone wants to go through life like that. They wonder, is that too much to ask? Not saying someone has to agree with their prescriptions, but it shouldn't kill anyone to recognize a shared humanity with them, that you have something very fundamental in common with them: you wouldn't like getting shot at either.
That is not the only answer NRA has. After all they wrote the law for the instant check system, and suggested many of the punishments for not following or lying on it. Yes they do back concealed carry and self defense, cops are never there when you need one, and chances are good you will not have time to call one!
You can never go home again.