[Opinionated Blowhard]

Tragically, a record number of Americans subscribe to some version of this mythology, with 63 percent (67 percent of men polled and 58 percent of women) believing that guns truly do make them safer.

I don't know about anyone else, but I just love reading stories like this in Slate. Gun control is one of the few areas where Conservatives are not only winning, but routing Liberals. So we see stories like this where some Lib Slate reporter weeps and wails about the tragedy of Americans believing that guns keep us safe. The writing careens from mocking disdain to weepy depression. The message is simply that Libs are losing and have no idea how to change that dynamic.

[papertyger]

The message is simply that Libs are losing and have no idea how to change that dynamic.

Negative. The message here is their only recourse for changing the dynamic is "indoctrination."