Gun Cultures Need Gun Laws, Too
Rep. Jared Golden’s aboutface on gun laws is not surprising. He is a Democrat representing Lewiston, Maine, still convulsed by a mass shooting that took 18 lives. Formerly against tightening the laws, Golden now wants a ban on semiautomatic weapons.
One can understand why elected officials in rural areas, even in generally liberal states, would put forth the argument that guns really aren’t a…