“A gun is as much a symbol of America as anything else. It was the French historian Jacques Barzun once wrote in his book ‘God’s Country and Mine’ that ‘whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.’ Not anymore. Whoever wants to understand America now had better learn about this country’s love of guns.” – Mike Lupica in Jeb wasn’t wrong – guns have become a sad symbol of America [at nydailynews.com]