The love of guns in the United States has been well documented, as have multiple mass shootings across the country such as those in Orlando, San Bernardino, Newtown, and Virginia. The ease of access to guns in American society comes at a shocking cost.
As of September 2016, almost 11,000 people have been killed as a result of gun violence. Despite this high death toll, mass shootings in America show no sign of disappearing.
The Stateside obsession with guns can appear baffling to UK observers unfamiliar with its origins. So just how did this gun culture become so deep-rooted in the American psyche?
BBC source: Why Are Americans so Obsessed with Guns?
Wikipedia: Gun politics in the United States
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Monday January 09 2017, @09:18PM
I'm sure that during the biblical apocalypse, there would be no opportunity to hunt.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 3, Touché) by turgid on Monday January 09 2017, @09:22PM
And you can't kill the undead with a gun, no matter how powerful. I reckon Satan himself is impervious to anti-tank rounds and RPGs. You need something that squirts holy water or flings crucifixes at least 100 yards. Question is, though, is it Catholic or Protestant holy water?
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday January 09 2017, @09:30PM
"Question is, though, is it Catholic or Protestant holy water?"
Holy crap, what are you trying to do here? Start another Holy War?
(Score: 3, Funny) by fadrian on Monday January 09 2017, @10:13PM
Holy crap, what are you trying to do here? Start another Holy War?
That depends on which superstition you adhere to - emacs or vi...
That is all.
(Score: 2) by turgid on Monday January 09 2017, @10:19PM
Vi, for the record. Emacs is the superstition.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Monday January 09 2017, @10:46PM
I bet you never actually used vi, only vim.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 2) by turgid on Monday January 09 2017, @11:10PM
Elvis. Wash your mouth out with soap and water!
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 3, Funny) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday January 09 2017, @10:46PM
Heathens. Nano is the One True Editor (TM). Vi is a strange form of black magic and Emacs is...well, it's a neat little text-mode OS but MAN does its text editor blow...
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by turgid on Monday January 09 2017, @11:12PM
Nano???!! Haven't you heard of Pico? Give me strength... I'd like to see you use that newfangled nonsense on a 120 baud modem anyway. Kids these days...
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 2, Funny) by khallow on Tuesday January 10 2017, @08:32AM
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 09 2017, @10:43PM
Get the water blessed by both. Assuming it doesn't cancel each other out at least.
(Score: 3, Informative) by nethead on Tuesday January 10 2017, @01:29AM
Catholic or Protestant holy water?
Just go with Episcopalian. It's kind of the O-positive of holy water.
How did my SN UID end up over 3 times my /. UID?
(Score: 2) by mhajicek on Tuesday January 10 2017, @06:52PM
Arnold Schwarzenegger blew up Satan with a grenade launcher in End of Days. Didn't kill him, but slowed him down and messed up his plans.
The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @12:30AM
What's the exact scope of the Apocalypse? My edition didn't come with a map.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @01:46PM
The bible. Outside of the bible, any attempt to invoke it is invalid.