On the flip side, certain "tacticool" stuff can actually prove to be useful, like this particular situation turned out to be - having one model of a firearm with all of the "scare" features, and one wood-and-blued-steel model sitting right next to each other, and being able to honestly say that those are functionally identical firearms can do a world of good for dispelling the myth that aesthetic features significantly impact the deadliness of a firearm.
Of course, the audience has to be willing to learn and pay attention, which leads us to our second problem...
On the flip side, certain "tacticool" stuff can actually prove to be useful, like this particular situation turned out to be - having one model of a firearm with all of the "scare" features, and one wood-and-blued-steel model sitting right next to each other, and being able to honestly say that those are functionally identical firearms can do a world of good for dispelling the myth that aesthetic features significantly impact the deadliness of a firearm.
ReplyDeleteOf course, the audience has to be willing to learn and pay attention, which leads us to our second problem...