- Oct 11, 2007
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Barack Obama was blasted from all sides when he at one time quipped about small town voters: "They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."
And later when someone interviewed Pat Buchanan on the radio and asked him how he was doing, Pat got a good laugh when he said: "I'm doing fine, reading my Bible and cleaning my gun."
Which made me think about all that small town religion and guns.
I grew up at a time when guns were present in pretty much every American home, mounted in racks in pickups, even those driven to school by students. But back then most people went to church or synagogue somewhere or approved of those who did, there was prayer before school assemblies, sporting events, pretty much everywhere, and cohesive shared community values included a very strong sense of right and wrong.
Gun crime was extremely rare. Pretty much non existent in most places.
The problem is not guns. The problem is lack of community cohesiveness, lack of shared values, lack of sense of right and wrong and IMO most of that comes from a diminished appreciation and acceptance of all that 'narrow minded' Bible and religion.
We don't have a gun problem. We have a character and value and appreciation for life and liberty problem.
And later when someone interviewed Pat Buchanan on the radio and asked him how he was doing, Pat got a good laugh when he said: "I'm doing fine, reading my Bible and cleaning my gun."
Which made me think about all that small town religion and guns.
I grew up at a time when guns were present in pretty much every American home, mounted in racks in pickups, even those driven to school by students. But back then most people went to church or synagogue somewhere or approved of those who did, there was prayer before school assemblies, sporting events, pretty much everywhere, and cohesive shared community values included a very strong sense of right and wrong.
Gun crime was extremely rare. Pretty much non existent in most places.
The problem is not guns. The problem is lack of community cohesiveness, lack of shared values, lack of sense of right and wrong and IMO most of that comes from a diminished appreciation and acceptance of all that 'narrow minded' Bible and religion.
We don't have a gun problem. We have a character and value and appreciation for life and liberty problem.
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