Zero Sum

There once was a time when I bore a fondness in my heart for the National Rifle Association. Back when I was a kid, growing up in the deep south surrounded by friends and family members that hunted for sport, I was introduced to the NRA at an early age. Back then, they promoted the point and purpose of the so-called “sporting life” as equally as they promoted the Constitutional principle of gun ownership as a basic human right, and they backed up both with a comprehensive focus on safety and responsibility that ensured that no gun owner ever underestimated the awesome power of the device he carried. Read the rest of this entry »