“It is one thing to deal with threats in the abstract, to run though all the hypotheticals as merely an intellectual exercise. It’s another thing entirely to grapple with them in real life. When you talk to gun owners you will time and again find a real experience—something that happened to them or to a loved one—that concentrated their minds and made them believe that they had to take concrete steps to protect themselves. The gun debate will go nowhere unless we can acknowledge their experiences and respect their actual need for effective means of self defense.” – David French in Why Carry a Gun? Readers respond to David French’s essay on what critics don’t understand about gun culture. [via theatlantic.com]
A Gun Control Advocate is Just a Liberal Who Hasn’t Been Mugged Yet: Quote of the Day
