Don’t Write off Any State or Region

By Johannes Paulsen

People in places such as California, New York, or Maryland, that respect their residents’ civil right to keep and bear arms as much as the Supreme Court respected the right of American citizens to equal protection of the law in Plessy v. Ferguson often get a lot of condescending pity from those of us who live in free(-er) America. Those hearty gun owners on the other side of the wire also tend to get a lot of unsolicited advice, typically along the lines of “It’s time to start packing” or “If you’re a gun owner, and you live in New Jersey, I have one suggestion: move.” . . .

Okay, fine, you have to make the choices that are right for you, I get that. I also won’t criticize people for deciding they’ve had enough of New Jersey, generally.

Still…I’ve always thought that we should be as supportive as possible of those who are willing to tough it out in firearms-unfriendly states. We can’t let the right to keep and bear arms become a regional issue. It’s already too caught up in partisan politics (despite the fact that standing for civil liberties contradicts …read more

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