vito
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I watched a show on PBS the other night titled "Guns in America, after Newtown". Although they did have several pro-gun folks featured, the overall tone of the show was clearly anti-gun. For the most part it seemed to say we need more gun control to reduce crime and the risk of mass shootings, but acknowledge that hunters have a right to have guns since hunting is such a central part of our culture which goes back to the settling of America. I thought it interesting also that they place the blame on Samuel Colt, saying that gun deaths became a problem only after the invention of his famous revolver. I don't recall much if any of the show focusing on the right of self defense let alone the value of an armed citizenry as a protection against tyranny. I wondered how many THR readers saw this show and saw it the way I did. I was not surprised at the perspective of the show because after all, it was done by PBS.