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Though many people here own firearms for hunting and self-defense, gun violence is rare.
WSJ: In Mohawk Shootings, Town Feels Anger at Gov. Andrew Cuomo
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Hunting or self-defense would be a lawful purpose.
FORBES: Gun Control--The Only Way To Disarm Is To Disarm
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Obama and others are touting such efforts as signs that the country can bridge one of its deepest cultural divides: The split between mostly rural Americans who cherish guns for hunting and self-defense and urban citizens who equate them with gang violence, drive-by shootings and young lives lost.
NPR: US Arms Control Advocates Must Show They Like Guns
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The pro-gun side focuses on cases of legitimate self-defense (and hunting and target-shooting).
FORBES: With Gun Control, Cost Benefit Analysis Is Amoral
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Gift-hunting for a truly self-obsessed friend?
FORBES: Luxury Genes
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Morally, it is the inalienable right of honest men and women to own guns for any reason they choose hunting, collecting, and above all, self-defense.
FORBES: To Protect The Innocent, We Need More Guns In The Hands Of Honest People
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But marching for a cause, whether it be opposition to the Iraq war or the ban on hunting, is about protest, emotion and the pleasures of self-righteous solidarity.
ECONOMIST: Bagehot