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Commentary: How do reasonable people become gun zealots?

The honest, otherwise decent legislators are probably good husbands, wives, fathers, mothers and loyal members of their faith. Yet it is shocking to observe the spectacular metamorphosis that occurs when they have to address a gun issue. Suddenly they become rabid, myopic disciples of the NRA, spouting the same old fears about the slippery slope to gun confiscation.

Where did these people go to Sunday school? What about the Ten Commandments, the Sermon on the Mount? How can responsible citizens trust GOP legislators when every one of them got an A grade from the NRA? This seems more like a cabal than a political party.