A self-dealing class exploits the anxieties of Americans far removed from power and turns the Second Amendment into a money machine. No wonder President Trump loves the NRA so much. Unlike LaPierre, I’m just an unsophisticated real American because I have never even heard of the Zegna luxury menswear boutique. “More than a hunting or safety device, the gun has become an object of reverence,” he wrote in the Christian Century. The real insult to them comes from the leaders who buy fancy clothes on their dime.

Source: Washington Post May 15, 2019 22:47 UTC