I have friends who have never held a gun. I have friends who truly believe that owning gun will cause the owner to murder people. There are a lot of people in New England who think guns should be banned and the police should go door to door making sure no one has a gun. I know a few of them. A lot of the anti-gun sentiment is simply mindless hysteria, but a big driver is culture. Guns are now associated with downscale whites who hunt and shop at WalMart. Guns are southern, like Christianity and NASCAR. Odds are, most of Connecticut is happy that Gun Valley is moving south.

 

 But what strikes me about the gun issue is that people are actually moving around the country to get away from those with whom they no longer agree. We are physically self-segregating on the national level.

 

Again, perhaps it has always been so, but it sure feels like we are coming unglued. If Texas broke away, I’d probably move there and become a Texan, rather than American. The same is true of the Old South. If New England decided to join Canada as a province, I’d shrug and wish them the best. It’s not that I’m rooting for it. I’m just tired of being around and being ruled by people who hate me. Sometimes, divorce really is the best answer. keep reading