https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/22/gun-rights-gun-control-and-irreconcilable-cultural-differences/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 01:10:12 -0400<![CDATA[The bottom line is clear: For the gun controller, restrictions on gun ownership are a zero-cost policy while for the gun owner, gun control provides zero benefit. In other words, how does restricting my gun rights make my family safer — when criminals have proven hundreds of thousands of times over that gun regulations are irrelevant to them? But it goes even further. For many of us, the entire notion of a disarmed society is unpalatable and represents a change in national character from a culture of self-reliant citizens to one of state-reliant subjects.]]>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 09:15:51 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/12/22/gun-rights-gun-control-and-irreconcilable-cultural-differences-n98506