Mark Thoma comes across as decidedly apolitical, thoughtful and pro-tradition.
This closely reflects my own experience with, perhaps, slightly less beer drinking. I probably also have a few more exciting--but relatively harmless--stories.
Bottom line: for many of those who did not grow up around guns there is an entire culture out there that they are unaware of. Can anyone think of a comparable tradition that would be equally foreign to most gun owners?
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It's great that there's this tradition of gun ownership, but as the writer aknowledges, it is very different from the more urban culture of violence (and violent crime) that surrounds handguns. As with many policy areas, this one has winners and losers, and this author has articulated something important that could be lost. However, to throw weight behind tradition at the expense of addressing urban gun violence comes with other kinds of loss. Ideally there is a middle ground for both concerns. I think I will leave it at that.
Gosh, I was trying to present a cultural observation. Thanks for making it political.
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