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
(Score: 2) by VLM on Monday January 09 2017, @10:04PM
I think he's saying that if road vehicles were as unreliable as my M16 from basic training, then every time Muslims try to run people over with a truck, the truck would jam saving many lives. Or something like that.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 09 2017, @10:51PM
Those M16s in Basic training have been seen, handled, and deep cleaned by hundreds of recruits using allowed and non allowed methods of cleaning. I have seen those weapons with no rifling left over. Not to mention that originally many of them were the full auto version that was converted to semi auto/burst. Your duty units weapons will tend to be in much better shape assuming you are active duty.
I personally witnessed M16s being cleaned with a drill during basic. A lot faster then the t handled cleaning rod, but much more likely to remove the rifling.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday January 09 2017, @11:21PM
That is no shit. I picked up like eight extra hits qualifying in basic vs qualifying at my unit.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.