Gun Control & RKBA

This article could/should be posted as a stand-alone OP.......the author states the case for our self-destructive behavior very well. What's interesting is his use of the past tense. (The left blew it.........to be distinguished from is blowing it.)

I wonder if posting an article from Mother Jones would constitute spouting "right wing talking points"?

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/03/dan-baum-gun-guys-interview

Edited to add money quote:

"You will hear people say gun owners are accessories to murder, and it's just the wrong way to talk about people. I spent my whole life among liberal Democrats who are so achingly careful to say all the right, supportive things about Hispanics, immigrants, gays, transsexuals, and blacks, and they will say the most godawful things about gun owners, calling them "gun nuts" or "penis compensators." The gun represents a worldview that we on the left do not share. The gun represents individualism over collectivism, American exceptionalism over internationalism. It's a totem of the other tribe and we don't like the other tribe. The tragedy is, we seem to think by attacking the totem we're going to weaken the opposing tribe, but it's just the opposite. Republicans love it when we do this sort of thing. It's their best organizing tool. Gun owners are kind of a free-fire zone for lefties."