GOP Candidates Show Off Gun Pride

Washington Post: “There was a time when politicians professed their enthusiasm for gun rights by donning camouflage and hunting pheasants. Now, Republican presidential hopefuls campaign in active shooting ranges. They invite the media to watch them fire assault rifles or demolish the tax code with an AR-15. Or, as Cruz did in August, they wrap strips of raw bacon around the barrel of a machine gun to cook them with the heat of gunfire.”

“Republican politics have hardened from gun rights to gun pride, as candidates embrace and show off the more militaristic features of weaponry.”