New York Times op-ed blasts 'doom spiral of gun worship' in US: ‘Nostalgic delusions at odds with reality'
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A New York Times opinion piece writer dissected what he considered the "national mythology" about guns and their role in America on July 4.
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"Proponents of gun reform in this country are not just up against a powerful gun lobby, they are up against our most durable myth, the exceptionalist notion that a man with a gun is a force powerful enough to defend against any danger," he argued.
For an example, he pointed to the recent Supreme Court ruling that found New York’s concealed carry law was unconstitutional as proof that the myth has been "metabolized into law." By contrast, he derided the "delusion" that "a good guy with a gun" can stop "a bad guy with a gun."