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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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(Score: 5, Insightful) by joekiser on Tuesday January 10 2017, @12:27AM
The British asking Americans why we need the right to personal self defence is like Saudis asking why we need freedom of religion or North Koreans asking why we need free speech.
In all three cases, it says more about the state of the people asking the question than anything else, and should be properly answered with "Go fuck yourself."
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