My name is Edgar Acosta and I am an editor at Opposing Views. I came across your site, liked what I read, and wanted to introduce us because we both write about gun
issues.
Opposingviews.com is a debate site where experts go head-to-head on many topics. I think you might be interested in our debate "Does Owning A Gun Make You Safer?" which can be found at: http://www.opposingviews.com/questions/does-owning-a-gun-make-you-safer
The experts in our Gun Ownership section include such names as the NRA and Gun Owners of America.
I believe that you and your visitors will appreciate this debate and might want to weigh in with votes or comments. If you like our site, we would appreciate it if you would write a blog entry about us or give us a link to the debate at :
http://www.opposingviews.com/questions/does-owning-a-gun-make-you-safer
Go take a look. It looks pretty interesting; I haven't really had much of a chance to go through it yet, but it looks like they're at least trying to present a fair debate.
That is all.
3 comments:
I would be interested except that the core question at the center of the debate is flawed to begin with. Owning a firearm makes you safer just like owning a sword makes you a fencer, etc. etc. Granted, at least they are trying to have a debate, but when the main, driving question has enough holes to drive a VW Bug through...
That image of the gun muzzle with the finger on the trigger (Direct violation of rules 1 through 3)
Kinda pisses me off and makes me wonder about the objectivity of the site...
Thanks for at taking the time to come by the site and have a look. You brought up two issues: objectivity and the picture of the gun. First, let me say that we have a full time editorial staff that does nothing but try to launch "objective" questions and get qualified groups to engage. The NRA and Brady Campaign just joined that one today. Wording the question may seem biased to some -- but we work with all the groups to find the best, most open-ended, question that allows them to express their views without constraint. Our SOLE interest is to bring the views to light on a level playing field.
You were right about the image. We spoke with a few of the experts and changed it to a more generic one... good eye.
Thanks again.
Russell Fine
CEO
Opposing Views Inc.
P.S. T- there are other gun debates on the site.
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