Gun Control Reform Activism

to be hosted on DU. Because honestly, that's pretty close to the truth.

Not all, but a large fraction of gungeoneers are outright trolls who get a kick out of posting right-wing talking points on a Democratic forum. And I'm speaking from personal experience -- I've spent some time arguing the progressive side of the issue, and looking back many of the people I was arguing with have since been banned from DU.

This forum is what the gungeon should have been from the beginning: a place for progressives to discuss what to do about gun violence in America. The gungeoneers are going to continue trolling, whether or not we declare an official "truce". In fact, a large part of what goes on in there is deriding "gun grabbers" and the "nanny state" and so on. That's not going to stop.

IMO, the admins made a mistake in allowing too much leeway for right-wing opinions on guns, which, combined with the fact that militant gun fanatics are a very vocal community, led us to where we are now. If the admins had allowed multiple points of view on, say, gay rights, or on abortion, I think we'd have a forum full of single-issue right-wingers posting homophobic or anti-choice talking points.