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  • Trigger Happy

    04/20/2008 5:56:22 PM PDT · by shrinkermd · 29 replies · 83+ views
    Wall Street Journal ^ | 19 April 2008 | ARTHUR C. BROOKS
    In words that he has come to regret, Barack Obama opined as to why he was having a hard time winning over many blue-collar voters: "They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or antitrade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." ...Who are all these gun owners? Are they the uneducated poor, left behind? It turns out they have the same level of formal education as nongun owners, on average. Furthermore, they earn 32% more per year than nonowners. Americans with guns are neither a small...