He kept a gun--a rifle for hunting to support himself.
VOA: special.2009.10.31
Gun law advocates say they support the Second Amendment.
VOA: standard.2010.04.19
Likewise, 79% of NRA members support requiring background checks on gun retail employees, 74% would support background checks on all potential gun buyers and 64% support requiring gun owners to report lost or stolen firearms.
The likes of Jon Tester, a new senator in Montana, and Heath Shuler, a North Carolina congressional freshman, did much bragging about their lifelong gun ownership and support for the second amendment.