President Obama once regrettably remarked that some people are bitter and "cling to guns and religion". Brian, erstwhile owner of Brian's wharf, Hatchet Cove, Friendship, Maine has a decal on his pickup truck that says "Guts, Guns & God - we need all three". This despite the fact that nobody around town has ever used a gun to ward off an intruder, or protect himself against a police garrison state. God has helped him find his way free of the sauce, and guts has served him well in a life of fishing - hauling traps and boxes of bait. But his guns have never bagged more than deer. Now comes the Public Religion Research Institue (PRRI) to instruct us in a nuanced way on how working class and the college-educated people see god, guns, and guts. Turns out where you are may be more important than who you are. = GWC
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