“The gun is not a mere tool, …a bit of technology, a political issue, a point of debate. It is an object of reverence. … Like most gods, it does what it will and cannot be questioned.
Its acolytes think it is capable only of good things. It guarantees life and safety and freedom. It even guarantees law. Law grows from it. Then how can law question it?”
Gary Wills, A History of Gun Violence, Lapham’s Quarterly