Old blue eyes (with his taint of Mob fraternization) provides an especially evocative counterpoint to the ruminations over the power - symbolic and actual - of personal gun ownership. From Europe, against a backdrop of war-laden headlines, Jay thinks outloud about his relationship with firearms, the real and imagined security they provide, their testament to his manliness and what it says about him - and his country - that he and so many others own them. It's a time-worn calculus, but because of his personal experience with both the postive and negative sides of guns in America, Jay has produced a piece that is extremely engaging and entertaining on a topic that is so often at the center of heated debate.