“We do know this: Our nation suffers from a historical myth that guns won the West and, to this day, keep us safe and free. In truth, farmers, cowboys, gold diggers, merchants, school teachers, railroad barons and all the others who settled this country (Native Americans would take exception to the word “win.”) — hardly ever picked up a gun or fired a shot except to hunt.
“The glory of the gun is largely the stuff of Hollywood, promoted by the likes of the NRA to make money off human suffering.” – Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board in At the Capital Gazette, the gun violence we report on hits home [via suntimes.com]