Why Gun Culture Is So Strong in Rural America
As Democrats have fled rural America — or rural America has fled Democrats — many of them, living in cities, are left without an understanding of rural culture and its core values. If it isn’t on abortion, our deepest cultural divide might be on guns. The guns issue also has a profound political dimension, reliably driving rural Americans into Republican arms...
....taking guns away from law-abiding citizens will never solve America’s gun problems, including mass shootings.... gun control has never stopped criminals from getting guns, and never will....
....To understand why many conservatives in rural America believe this, you must start with first principles, because the argument ultimately isn’t about guns; it runs even deeper than the Second Amendment....
This New York Times op-ed was a topic of commentary on Albert Mohler's Daily Briefing today.
That bridge that recently collapsed in Miami would serve as a good metaphor for the bridge that some people are trying to build over the Democratic-Republican "cultural divide" in our society!
Good news! There is a way!
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