Actually Tribunus, I think you have made more progress than you think. You, DT and others have been able to sway me over to that the view that the 2nd Amendment is good for America. Not sure I buy into some of the arguments re giving the populace the ability to take on the Government or that guns don't kill people, people do. If the people want guns then that is sufficient reason. I would just rather not see them in my country.
I learned a couple of years ago on these very same boards that it is best not to take gun control and social medicine too seriously. No point in losing good friends over an issue that neither one of us can really change individually.