Hi poolingmyignorance,
I'm the author of the article. Thanks for posting the link. Here's the beginning of it:
Gun Rights Versus AnecdotesWhich side wins depends on whether one can reason or simply react emotionally. Letters and an ad from gun rights hating groups For a while back in the Winter, a retired philosophy professor (who wants to remain anonymous) and I exchanged a few emails and, from him, snail mail, discussing gun rights. After not hearing from him for several months he very unexpectedly mailed me a large envelope containing forty-nine newspaper clippings