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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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real fast and freak everybody out.
-- Jack Handey, The New Mexican, 1988.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday January 10 2017, @08:36AM
Our right wing media outlet, fox news is inciting literal civil war by promoting Black Lives Matter as terrorists and cops as heros.
Too bad there aren't any other media outlets.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @11:55AM
Ever hear of an echo chamber?
Cops are watching Fox et.al. and being encouraged to shoot BLM terrorists.
Blacks are watching lefty MSM and hearing that the cops are murdering peaceful blacks with impunity, BLM heroes are their only hope.
Both sides are encouraging this.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday January 12 2017, @02:01AM