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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: 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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    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.

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