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Sat Nov-13-04 04:14 AM
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| 3. The political culture around the second amendment emanates . . . |
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from the Civil War. Face it, there's a southern culture about the big bad (federal) government that southerners believe necessitates (to this day) firearm(s) in their home. As well as the romantic culture found in comic books, dimestore novels, old television programs, and Hollywood about "cowboy heroes" of the so-called "Wild West" that still personifies similar kneejerk reactions. All of which have found a self-perpetuating home (of lies) in the NRA.
All of this is why there's a schism in our U.S.A. culture regarding the second amendment.
The odd part about all of this is that those parts of the country, particularly the south, are the most violent areas of the country; whereas, the northeast has less gun violence. For example, Massachusetts has the strongest gun control laws in the country on its state books and, yet, has the least amount of gun violence in the country!
This is the DU member still known as a DU insomniac. :hi:
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