Reply #2: "hunting & sporting" in "colonial times," but not self-defense?

[SteveM]

As long as the NYT is using the precedents of "hunting and sporting," why do they forget the precedent of self-defense and use of militia, esp. versus the French and the Native Americans? Another example of the Christian salad bar.

It should be noted that the idea of regulated "sport" hunting in this country arose well after the Civil War, not in colonial times. I guess the Times forgot all about T. Roosevelt, John Muir and others.

The Times is every bit caught up in the gun culture war as some shrill War-on-Drugs prohi.