Sometimes I think a good ass-chewing is nedded for those snotty little antis. They're so used to they're dolled up lifestyle of perfection and equality and feel-goodness, that they forget that the world isn't always such a wonderful place.
While I agree with Ticonderoga that we should always strive to educate, sometimes they think they're already educated. I just recently had it all out with a really good friend (my little sis in my sorority when we were in college). she took a class on the bill of rights and believes that the RKBA pertains only to the militia. That "normal" citizens are not afforded this right. (of course, I asked her just exactly who made up this militia of hers if not the "normal" citiznes? and of course, she had no answer.)
I tried educating her with the myriad statistics and anecdotes that show that the media portrayal is a buch of bull. And all she could do was come back with the question of "Well, who needs an AK-47 anyway?" I told her it wasn't a question of needing one, it was a question of God-given rights. And for that matter, if she was right, that it was a matter of need, I was going to come and confiscate her car tomorrow because she doesn't really "need" one and car accidents kill FAR more people per year than all firearms related deaths combined (except maybe suicide, but I don't really count those as accidents, even though HCI does). My point being that she though she had already been educated. So I was reduced to chewing her out for trying to make me a victim and if something ever happened to me and I wasn't able to defend myself because I couldn't carry, I was going to hold her personally responsible.
And I am in the process of finding out who her prof was so I can attempt to "educate" him.
Jenn