Thoughts, Prayers, and Spreading Risk

Tony Hillerman used to say there’s more cultural distance between city folk and country folk than between non-Indians and Indians. The categories overlap substantially.

Most Indians remain country folk. The government tried to replicate the great migration of African-Americans to the cities, but Indians kept returning home. So most of us don’t get heated up about firearms. A rifle is as normal as a chainsaw.

Because the Bill of Rights does not govern Indian land, tribal governments could ban firearms without regard to the Second Amendment…