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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: 3, Informative) by Sulla on Tuesday January 10 2017, @03:06AM
Sorry I did not conceive of this response when I wrote that. I was thinking more along the lines that they would not care whether or not a law says they cant if they already plan to break the law to murder. Your comment is most correct.
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(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday January 10 2017, @02:27PM
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(Score: 2) by Sulla on Tuesday January 10 2017, @04:10PM
When I lived in Anchorage there were numerous situations that were solved by a citizen making a citizens arrest. One memorable one was someone citizen arresting a taxi driver at gunpoint, the taxi driver was in the middle of an attempted rape at the time. I think whether or not guns can make you safer depends on where you live. In Alaska there is a large portion of the population that is military or military family, in addition there is a lot of thought to gun safety and practice. This leads to people, on average, being better trained. Other places might just have a bunch of fudds who get drunk carrying firearms, which would be less safe than what I saw in Alaska.
The post suggested that if a kid wants to shoot up a school, he would prefer guns are banned at the school because his kill count will be higher. When I worked some garbage jobs one of my coworkers was a pot dealer, she loved it being banned because she made a huge amount of money. She voted against legalization because it would effect her profit. Its a pretty common attitude for many different things.
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