Sunday, January 16, 2011

Video: Jon Meacham, a gun owner, on restoring the assault weapons ban | Need to Know

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Video: Jon Meacham, a gun owner, on restoring the assault weapons ban | Need to Know: "First, some personal history.  I am a southerner who grew up with and around guns.  I own some still. My father gave me a .22 rifle when I was 9 and a single barrel .410 shotgun when I was 10.  I have inherited many of my family’s guns, including a rifle made by my great, great, great grandfather, which I will preserve and give to my son. One of the central memories of my childhood is of hunting — not well; I am a terrible shot — quail and dove and grouse on a farm on the Tennessee River."

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