I’m a native Westerner and a gun owner, but I didn’t
really have a problem with this article. Gun ownership is part of
the America heritage and especially so in the West. However, that
doesn’t preclude responsibility. We, as a nation and a gun culture,
need to find that fine line between the freedom to express that
heritage and at the same time how to use common sense and
responsibility in its implementation. Maybe we need to shift our
cultural consciousness from gun ownership as a “right” to gun
ownership as a privilege. Then we can finally admit that our
society has reached a point where not everyone has the right to own
a gun.
Ted Vanegas
Boise,
Idaho
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline It’s a privilege, not a right.
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