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posted by on Monday January 09 2017, @08:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the second-amendment dept.

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


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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday January 09 2017, @10:49PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday January 09 2017, @10:49PM (#451708) Journal

    Don't gun shop owners already have discretion to in turning away customers? Or am I missing something?

    But that would lower revenues, therefore profits. This is America. Profit is more important than the lives of people who might be killed by a creepy customer that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 09 2017, @11:09PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 09 2017, @11:09PM (#451727)

    Don't gun shop owners already have discretion to in turning away customers? Or am I missing something?

    Private sales.