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Clarifying America's Gun Culture

baddham Wrote: Dec 05, 2012 7:42 PM

Hasn't Obama increased the debt in his first term by as much as Bush did in two? I agree with the Medicare Prescription observation, but you know as well as I that letting taxes go up for "the rich" isn't even going to make a dent in Obama's deficits.

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Clarifying America's Gun Culture

Since NBC sportscaster Bob Costas went on his halftime anti-gun rant on Sunday using words written by Fox Sports Columnist Jason Whitlock, we’ve heard a lot from the media and from uniformed commentators about America’s “gun culture.” The fact is, America actually has two gun cultures and it is important to distinguish them from one another.

The first gun culture is deeply seated in American history and her founding. Founding Fathers like George Washington understood that an armed citizenry would prevent government tyranny, which is why we have the Second Amendment. This is a concept rapper...

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