I mistated that the gun culture “used” to be the dominant culture in the United States. It still is, evidenced by the rise of ccw laws.
The politics of the country has been hijacked by the MSM for decades.
I go to a shoot every few years and have bought three of them so far. The first one was back when the CMP was called the DCM (Director of Civilian Marksmanship, a part of the Army). They are great guns at a reasonable price.
When Congress tried to kill the DCM years ago, it was spun off as the CMP government/civilian hybrid. This is the kind of Government program I can support.