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Why Are Americans So Obsessed With Guns?

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

mrpg writes:

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: 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

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  • (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.

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    • (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!"

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        • (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.

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