“Ours is a gun culture animated by rugged individualism, dramatized by Hollywood and policed by the National Rifle Association (NRA). Days after Sandy Hook, an NRA spokesman said: ‘The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.’ Afterward, state legislatures, most in the South and West, passed laws permitting guns in churches, businesses and schools. Take a moment to ponder that. More guns was the response to 20 murdered 6-year-old schoolchildren. That tells you something. It tells you that gun-control arguments in a gun context lose before they begin. Obama needs to change the context. He can do that by appointing a surgeon general.” – John Stoehr in Obama should deliver on gun control promise [at thehill.com]