The Nefarious Nature Of Pontificating Pundits

By Tom Knighton

There are a handful of people out there who like to pretend they’re “one of us.” They know just enough about guns and gun rights to pass off as a gun guy, and they may even enjoy firearms. What separates them from us, however, is that they don’t really understand the Second Amendment, what it’s about, or why it stands.

Take Michael Tallon. Last week, he penned an op-ed for the Philadelphia area WHYY website about gun owners. In particular, the “dirty secret” of the gun culture that he supposedly knows all too well. You see, he knows the truth. He knows what we all know, deep down inside. At least according to him.

That truth?

Here’s an open secret in gun culture: We’re defending a constitutionally protected hobby, and we know it.

You see, while hunting and home defense is all fine and good–though he claims we’re not any safer by having a gun in the house–the idea of gun owners fighting against a tyrannical government is just plain silly.

But we also know that if home defense and hunting were the only arguments we had, someone might note that we don’t need military-grade weaponry for either, so it’s really important …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms