I would think that an independent-minded journal like HCN would not so easily fall prey to anti-gun rhetoric more befitting the New York Times. Specifically: “… a reflection of white men’s anxiety about the civil rights movement”? Tell that to my Hispanic and Indian hunting friends (most of whom vote Democratic) but who support gun rights; Gov. Bill Richardson (ditto); or feminist gunwriters Mary Zeiss Stange and Christina Nealson (both gun-rights liberals).

Westerners treasure their independence and the right to self defense. Even the national Democratic Party seems to be figuring that out. And regarding gangsters with guns: Do you seriously think they use legal weapons? What about in Britain, with no handguns allowed, no right to self-defense, thousands of illegal guns, and a rising level of violence?

Stephen Bodio
Magdalena, New Mexico

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Liberal and armed

by Stephen Bodio, High Country News
September 3, 2007

<h1>Liberal and armed</h1> <p class="byline">by Stephen Bodio, High Country News <br />September 3, 2007</p> <p>I would think that an independent-minded journal like<br /> HCN would not so easily fall prey to anti-gun rhetoric more<br /> befitting the <i>New York Times.</i> Specifically: “…<br /> a reflection of white men’s anxiety about the civil rights<br /> movement”? Tell that to my Hispanic and Indian hunting friends<br /> (most of whom vote Democratic) but who support gun rights; Gov.<br /> Bill Richardson (ditto); or feminist gunwriters Mary Zeiss Stange<br /> and Christina Nealson (both gun-rights liberals). </p> <p>Westerners treasure their independence and the right to self<br /> defense. Even the national Democratic Party seems to be figuring<br /> that out. And regarding gangsters with guns: Do you seriously think<br /> they use legal weapons? What about in Britain, with no handguns<br /> allowed, no right to self-defense, thousands of illegal guns, and a<br /> rising level of violence? </p> <p><i>Stephen<br /> Bodio<br /> Magdalena, New Mexico</i></p> <div class="wp-block-group hcn-print-edition-box"> <p>This article appeared in the <a href="/?p=189138">print edition of the magazine</a> with the headline <span class="hcn-magtitle">Liberal and armed</span>.</p> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/issue-353/liberal-and-armed/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info Country News&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;quality=100&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=113126&amp;amp;ga4=G-0NS3WVPPTN&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/issue-353/liberal-and-armed/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/hcn.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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