Obama And Small-Town America (4)

There is a glimmer of hope in Senator Obama's comment to donors in the Golden State on April 6, 2008:

So it's not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.

Individuals in small-town America do not "cling to guns.... as a way to explain their frustrations" but rather because they like to collect them, enjoy target shooting, want them as protection, need them to hunt, or, occasionally, find them useful in drug dealing. But the (cheap or otherwise) shot at gun owners suggests that maybe, just maybe, a President Obama would move to establish sensible control measures. When even Democratic candidates pledge fealty to the faulty, pro-gun interpretation of the Second Amendment, we'll take any "hope" we can muster.