Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

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


Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
  • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday January 09 2017, @10:57PM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday January 09 2017, @10:57PM (#451715) Journal

    Because he has a massively-inflated opinion of himself and his worldview, and any replies that don't mesh with it in several key ways are "nonsensical."

    --
    I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
    Starting Score:    1  point
    Moderation   -1  
       Offtopic=1, Flamebait=3, Insightful=3, Informative=1, Overrated=1, Total=9
    Extra 'Flamebait' Modifier   0  

    Total Score:   0  
  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday January 09 2017, @11:08PM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday January 09 2017, @11:08PM (#451725) Homepage Journal

    If you can't refute what the guy says, insult him, eh? Weak Troll is weak.

    --
    My rights don't end where your fear begins.
    • (Score: 0, Troll) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday January 10 2017, @01:16AM

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday January 10 2017, @01:16AM (#451804) Journal

      That is not an insult; that is a fair description of his modus operandi. And yours, I notice. What made you come rushing to his aid anyway? No one was talking to you, and he's a big boy; he can handle this himself...riiiiight?

      Go back to your hugbox, carrion-breath. The grownups are talking.

      --
      I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
      • (Score: 4, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday January 10 2017, @01:45AM

        by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday January 10 2017, @01:45AM (#451818) Homepage Journal

        What made you come rushing to his aid anyway?

        I enjoy pointing out when you're spouting worthless venom. It does amuse.

        The grownups are talking.

        +1 Funny

        --
        My rights don't end where your fear begins.
        • (Score: 0, Troll) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday January 10 2017, @01:55AM

          by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday January 10 2017, @01:55AM (#451823) Journal

          Some part of you know what just happened here, Uzzard. Even you can't be so completely dense as not to realize it. We've gone down the wrong leg of the trousers of time, *again,* and this time when SHTF ain't *none* of us getting out of it alive. Even your insults are lacking the usual joie d'vivre.

          --
          I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @07:07AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @07:07AM (#451919)

            Excessive vitriol is a GREAT personality trait to have post-apocalypse.

            • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday January 10 2017, @09:01AM

              by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday January 10 2017, @09:01AM (#451951) Journal

              Ve haff sayink in old country: "CRY SUM MOAR!"

              --
              I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
              • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @07:42PM

                by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @07:42PM (#452204)

                Who will weep for you when you are gone?

                • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday January 10 2017, @08:16PM

                  by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday January 10 2017, @08:16PM (#452219) Journal

                  Who cares? This isn't my first time in the body, though I'm hoping it'll be the last. Throw all that away; the ego is temporary and transient.

                  --
                  I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...