There are positive aspects to gun culture that bring recreation, enjoyment, or a feeling of security to many people, and there are also some negative elements," says Dr. Michael Siegel, professor of community health sciences at BUSPH. [More]Those "negative elements" would be those troglodytes who equate gun ownership with freedom, right, gunquack?
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"But this study identifies a third, of people who do not view the defense of the Second Amendment as a means to an end, but as necessary to any freedom in this country. The study finds that this "Gun Culture 3.0" has increased the most in states that have strengthened their gun laws to the greatest degree, suggesting it may be grounded in fear of perceived threats by the government."
ReplyDeleteIdiots. You can't enjoy a culture of "sport with guns" or "self-defense with guns" in places where you can't get guns.