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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: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Tuesday January 10 2017, @03:12AM
It does follow that for them being a liberal is worse than being a racist.
Which, even if true, still doesn't make them racist. But it's not even necessarily true, because many people who voted Trump simply despised Hillary Clinton.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @05:51AM
Sure that's what they said.
But typically their underlying reasons for hating her are built on quicksand.
When such strong emotions have such weak foundations its because people don't want to acknowledge their real motivations so they grasp on to whatever fig leaf is handy.
You strike me as somebody who think racism is a purely conscious phenomenon.
True?
(Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Tuesday January 10 2017, @07:43AM
But typically their underlying reasons for hating her are built on quicksand.
Hardly different from usual, then.
You strike me as somebody who think racism is a purely conscious phenomenon.
It doesn't need to be. I just can't read minds or generalize so broadly based on a mere vote.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday January 10 2017, @03:03PM
That dismisses the 30 years that Hillary and her husband spent in the national spotlight, which we were all treated to. It's hardly quicksand to watch them cheat and parse and sin and thieve and wriggle and never, ever face real consequences for anything. We all discussed the particulars ad nauseum during the election campaign, so you can trawl through the archives or google if you really want the citations.
Pumpernickel is right--there were many, complex reasons why people chose Trump over Hillary. Glossing over them will not only obscure the reality but will also prove a material impediment to your winning next time.
Washington DC delenda est.