Why do gun activists feel the need to constantly repeat themselves over and over again? Why do they feel the need to chant such overly simplistic slogans like "guns don't kill people, people kill people" and "if you outlaw guns then only the outlaws will have guns" while ignoring the complexity of reality? Why do they feel the need to flood non-peer reviewed law journals with their erroneous ideas about the Second Amendment?

The answer can be found in the writings of Adolph Hitler:

"The chief function of propaganda is to convince the masses, whose slowness of understanding needs to be given time in order that they may absorb information; and only constant repetition will finally succeed in imprinting an idea on their mind.........the slogan must of course be illustrated in many ways and from several angles, but in the end one must always return to the assertion of the same formula. The one will be rewarded by the surprising and almost incredible results that such a personal policy secures."

-Adolf Hitler from Mein Kampf

Unfortunately for gun activists, endless repitition has no effect on whether or not something is true.