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Is Gun Control Really a Cultural Issue, or Did the Gun Lobby Invent That?
22 June 2009
Huffington Post (USA), Blog
Gun control frequently is referred to — alongside issues like abortion and gay rights — as a "cultural" issue. Indeed, it is fashionable in some quarters to refer to the cluster of cultural issues as "God, guns, and gays." The Obama Administration has taken some heat for its failure to show leadership on this set of issues. As the Boston Globe described it, Obama has declared a "cease-fire in the culture wars."
But is gun control inherently, and inevitably, a... (GunPolicy.org)