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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: 5, Interesting) by lgw on Tuesday January 10 2017, @12:21AM
About 36,000 people in the US were killed by cars in 2016
Drug overdose kills more people than car accidents these days, and falls are a close 3rd. All over 30k. While easy gun availability probably does increase the rate of (successful) suicide--a big chunk of those gun deaths are suicide--with the quick suicide I htink we'd just see a similar number of drug-related deaths later on.
Falls, though, are the danger people ignore. Watch out for those ladders - they're conspiring against you.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday January 10 2017, @01:15AM
Falls are God's way to balance the stats a bit, since guns and cars bias the death tally towards the young men.