While driving from New Orleans to Dallas and back this week, I had ample time to listen to talk radio. I managed to catch a fair dose of Neal Boortz, who read excerpts from an article from Mark Morford of the San Fransisco Chronicle. It was a fascinating piece; so much so that I had to look it up and read it in its entirety myself.

“I knew Obama during the mid-1990s. The first time I introduced myself to him he said ‘Oh, you are the gun guy.’ I responded ‘Yes, I guess so.’ He simply responded, ‘I don’t believe that people should be able to own guns.”’ —Professor John Lott, PhD, author of More Guns, Less Crime

“For more than two decades, I’ve opposed efforts to ban guns, ban ammunition, ban magazines, and dismiss gun owners as some kind of fringe group unwelcome in ‘modern’ America.

The Second Amendment isn’t some archaic custom that matters only to rural Americans, who find solace in firearms out of frustration with their economic circumstances. The Second Amendment is unique in the world. It guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms.