Jon Stewart's plea for gun control

Cosmic201 said
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Anti-gun people have been trying to have a conversation on the growing concern of guns for decades now. If you haven't heard of it before it's because you haven't been paying attention. The reason they want it now is because of recent events that have shined a spotlight onto the problem. Sandy Hook is something to big to easily ignore like everyone did a couple weeks after most mass shootings.

I understand all of this. What I don't understand is why they so often speak in vague emotional appeals and fact-averse conjecture instead of asking for specific policies to be changed. Why does the anti-gun crowd have such a hard time naming specific policies they want implemented? It is impossible for congress to pass a bill with "Something Must Be Done!" as its body.

I agree to have a conversation about gun control, and always have. However, the main thrust of the opposition's argument can not be "we need to talk about this!" if they are to be taken seriously. Their argument must be substantive.

Cosmic201 said
This is a problem. Gun rights people try to side step it as an issue. They are throwing up roadblocks left and right. Distraction is their game because they hope to sweep it back under the rug.

I don't hope to sweep this issue under the rug. I am not guilty of wrongdoing and have nothing to "sweep under the rug." Neither do the millions who have similar views as me.