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You Can Support Gun Rights Without Making It a Creepy Fetish
NRA DOESN’T SPEAK FOR ME
I support the Second Amendment and grew up in a gun culture. But there’s something cultish and irresponsible about the right’s public displays of gun affection.
Matt Lewis
Senior Columnist
Published
Apr. 17 2023
9:08PM EDT
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