aspiringcreator1

And as you said it was a shock for you. Probably for majority of others too. People don't usually like environments that shock them.

And the Amish get to say: "Well we did give you a choice. And you decided of your own free will."

Ok, so the source is someone who was Amish for 22 years. And they're biased because they left. But aren't then those who stayed also biased, just in opposite direction? Like pro/con kind of thing.

So, the conclusion would be: don't listen to anyone with first hand experience?

Funny how you didn't list restricting access to guns as one of the points.