And that's one of the great problems with the entire debate from both sides; the mythology of the gun often overshadows the utility of the gun. From the gun co

And that's one of the great problems with the entire debate from both sides; the mythology of the gun often overshadows the utility of the gun. From the gun control side, there's often a fundamental misunderstanding of the operation of firearms which breeds emotional fear rather than intellectual caution. On the gun rights side, there's often a romanticism about the firearm that's just as emotional and absent the view of cold rationality.