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This is from a man who seems intelligent enough:
Debate over gun control is complex
Read the comment. Andrew Goddard "likes" -- well, that helps.
Perhaps, in the interest of fellowship, Dr. Anderson might agree to attend an OC Dinner.
D. Craig Anderson, Ph.D.
Director, Counseling Services Randolph-Macon College
Debate over gun control is complex
I struggle with the dualistic rhetoric surrounding gun control.
I struggle with the rhetoric referring to some as “law-abiding,” while referring to others as “criminals.” The same concern applies to the rhetoric of “mentally stable” and “mentally unstable.”
Several weeks ago, I was standing in line at a CVS store. The man in front of me had a holstered handgun on his right hip. As far as I could discern, he did not carry any easily identifiable signage indicating which one he was — law-abiding or criminal, stable or unstable.
This is not my first such encounter. These encounters are always full of ambiguity, uncertainty and anxiety.
In the political and talk show discourse, as with my friend, the rhetoric would suggest these distinctions are clear, consistent over time, categorically unambiguous, and they have clean, sharp edges. And implicitly, we should know who they are, much like a shirts-and-skins basketball game.
If only the reality on the street and CVS stores were so unambiguous. Alas, none of us comes with such signage; nor would such signage offer a faithful rendering. And therein is my concern.
Read the comment. Andrew Goddard "likes" -- well, that helps.
Perhaps, in the interest of fellowship, Dr. Anderson might agree to attend an OC Dinner.
D. Craig Anderson, Ph.D.
Director, Counseling Services Randolph-Macon College