God & Guns: US Gun Culture 'Closely Akin to Religious Fundamentalism'

Among those applauding the Supreme Court’s recent 5-4 ruling seconding the Second Amendment are the good folks at Windsor Hills Baptist Church in Oklahoma City. You can find a link to the court’s ruling on the church’s web site. It follows a brief explanation of the church's decision to give away a gun at its annual youth conference this month. As Dave Barry often says, I wish I were making this up. “If Congress, back when our country was fighting for its independence, could give engraved muskets to the fifteen or so eleven- year- old boys that their teacher, Mr. Akins, led into battle against the British, then we can give away a firearm still today, especially since our Supreme Court just re-emphasized our Second Amendment rights. Praise the Lord and pass the automatic assault rifles. One nation, under God, locked and... [read full story]