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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: 3, Funny) by fadrian on Monday January 09 2017, @10:13PM

    by fadrian (3194) on Monday January 09 2017, @10:13PM (#451684) Homepage

    Holy crap, what are you trying to do here? Start another Holy War?

    That depends on which superstition you adhere to - emacs or vi...

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  • (Score: 2) by turgid on Monday January 09 2017, @10:19PM

    by turgid (4318) Subscriber Badge on Monday January 09 2017, @10:19PM (#451686) Journal

    Vi, for the record. Emacs is the superstition.

    • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Monday January 09 2017, @10:46PM

      by maxwell demon (1608) on Monday January 09 2017, @10:46PM (#451702) Journal

      I bet you never actually used vi, only vim.

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    • (Score: 3, Funny) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday January 09 2017, @10:46PM

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday January 09 2017, @10:46PM (#451703) Journal

      Heathens. Nano is the One True Editor (TM). Vi is a strange form of black magic and Emacs is...well, it's a neat little text-mode OS but MAN does its text editor blow...

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      • (Score: 2) by turgid on Monday January 09 2017, @11:12PM

        by turgid (4318) Subscriber Badge on Monday January 09 2017, @11:12PM (#451730) Journal

        Nano???!! Haven't you heard of Pico? Give me strength... I'd like to see you use that newfangled nonsense on a 120 baud modem anyway. Kids these days...

        • (Score: 2, Funny) by khallow on Tuesday January 10 2017, @08:32AM

          by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 10 2017, @08:32AM (#451946) Journal
          I've used Emacs on a 1200 baud modem. 120 baud would still be quite usable. I don't believe these other text editors actually exist, they're merely wicked rumors spread by the evil one, VI.