We grew up hunting and that is just the way it was. We ate what we killed unless it was vermin. We recognized that a firearm is just an instrument and a tool. It could be used for hunting or protection.
I have multiple degrees in the hard sciences. I am not a troglodyte as the left wing would like to portray me. A weapon is a tool and not the problem.
Oddly West Virginia is economically depressed and has one of the highest rates of firearm possession in the United States and one of the lowest murder rates in the United States. I would really like liberal pundits to explain this.
West Virginia is mostly White.