We’re getting pretty far afield (as usual when the trolls aren’t entertaining) but there are a few threads on guns that are interesting and useful, I’ve been in a few (even created one!).
Having said that, some people, and it’s often the same people on both sides are bound and determined to drag what is sometimes a narrowly defined discussion to such a general level that it inevitably becomes mired in the same tired ruts.
I don’t think it’s quite at the level of the tired debates, but OPs on both sides of the debate would be much better off to write tight, narrow focused OPs to discuss single issues and for all of us to flag 'em when they go off topic.
How to do that w/out junior modding when people’s dander gets up though . . . it’s so much easier to jump in rather than flag and wait, especially when someone else already has on either side of the issue.