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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 LoRdTAW on Tuesday January 10 2017, @12:01AM

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Tuesday January 10 2017, @12:01AM (#451759) Journal

    Final fun fact: if we could exclude the counties of the US that voted Hillary, we'd lead the world in both safety from criminal violence and gun ownership.

    You were doing good until you stepped in this pile of shit. Explain what Hillary has to do with this. Otherwise its meaningless, divisive rhetoric.

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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday January 10 2017, @12:22AM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday January 10 2017, @12:22AM (#451773) Homepage Journal

    Hillary? Nothing, really. I just find it an interesting correlation that the blue counties are by far the most violent counties.

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    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @01:17AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @01:17AM (#451805)

      Yet instead of thinking critically to have an informative opinion you throw out "that voted hillary" which isn't even quite correct. Urban areas still have a significant percentage of red voters.

      It is interesting that urban centers have higher crime rates, the answer being at least partially because urban centers are where wealth inequality is at the most extreme. In rural areas people in poverty can usually still afford a crappy house on a small plot of land, and that is a huge lifestyle improvement over low end city housing...

      Your opinionated statement just indicates low level partisan thinking, which taints anything else you might say as people must wonder if your opinions are valid or affected by emotional rhetoric.

      • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday January 10 2017, @01:42AM

        by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday January 10 2017, @01:42AM (#451816) Homepage Journal

        No, it's only mostly correct. This is true. I hang my head in shame that generalizations are not true to the last man/woman/child.

        Wealth inequality is the cause of violence you say? Well, you would, wouldn't you? The reason it's happening has to fit your narrative. Must be someone else causing them to be criminals or all your cards come tumbling down, right?

        Partisan? You know it's not only Republicans who hate the Democrat party's platform and policies, yes?

        Now, how about some critical thinking of your own. Look at the cities that lie in red counties and compare violence levels to those in blue counties. Can you see the correlation or would that create too much cognitive dissonance?

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        My rights don't end where your fear begins.
    • (Score: 3, Informative) by LoRdTAW on Tuesday January 10 2017, @02:35AM

      by LoRdTAW (3755) on Tuesday January 10 2017, @02:35AM (#451835) Journal

      You aren't fooling anyone. You're trying to pick a fight. Stop baiting people with nonsense. It's childish and what you would expect from angsty teenagers. If a grown man needs to satisfy his ego by smacking down someone on the internet, well I just feel bad for them.

      It's exactly what runaway did in this post: https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?sid=17380&cid=451649#commentwrap [soylentnews.org]. And look who came to his aid: https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?sid=17380&cid=451725#commentwrap [soylentnews.org]. And resulted in a little mod skirmish. Grow up.