Second Amendment Advocates Must Show More Lives Are Saved by Guns, Says Firearms Expert

Self-defense expert Massad Ayoob accuses gun control activists of ‘dancing in the blood’ of victims.

Noted firearms and self-defense expert Massad Ayoob (L) speaks with an attendee at the 38th Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, on Sept. 24, 2023. Michael Clements/The Epoch Times

PHOENIX—A noted firearms expert believes gun control activists have controlled the emotional appeal in their campaign against the Second Amendment for too long.

“Our side has won its place with logic, application of law. The other side tends to win on emotion,” Massad Ayoob said during a speech at the 38th Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, on Sept. 23.