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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: 5, Funny) by nitehawk214 on Monday January 09 2017, @08:50PM

    by nitehawk214 (1304) on Monday January 09 2017, @08:50PM (#451617)

    I will shoot the next person that says we are obsessed with guns!

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 09 2017, @09:06PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 09 2017, @09:06PM (#451627)

    Where's the "+1, Irony" mod when we need it?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @02:08AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @02:08AM (#451826)

      That idea has been shot down.

  • (Score: 4, Funny) by maxwell demon on Monday January 09 2017, @09:13PM

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Monday January 09 2017, @09:13PM (#451634) Journal

    You're certainly not obsessed with apostrophes. ;-)

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  • (Score: 2) by Anne Nonymous on Monday January 09 2017, @09:43PM

    by Anne Nonymous (712) on Monday January 09 2017, @09:43PM (#451663)

    Say "obsessed with guns", one more goddamn time [youtube.com].

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by mhajicek on Tuesday January 10 2017, @06:46PM

    by mhajicek (51) on Tuesday January 10 2017, @06:46PM (#452173)

    Can an article be modded "flaimbait"?

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  • (Score: 2) by davester666 on Thursday January 12 2017, @10:16AM

    by davester666 (155) on Thursday January 12 2017, @10:16AM (#452900)

    Latest idiot attempted to defend his grilled cheese sandwich from his wife with a gun.

    Yes, this actually just happened.

    At least this disease is largely contained within the US.