Wonder Land: When we began to devalue conscience, blurring a pragmatic understanding of right from wrong, we unleashed the whirlwind that engulfs us now. He is reported to have participated in a pestilential online gun culture, replete with tasteless japing about mass shootings. When Democrats have drummed up the votes to disarm Americans or significantly impede their ability to buy guns, text me. I’m referring of the fetishization of guns that has left so much of the gun culture—once personified in Charlton Heston—in its dust. Representative in reality but increasingly less so in public perception are the majority of capable, responsible gun owners who keep guns for legitimate reasons, use them in disciplined fashion, handle them safely with respect for the people around them.

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