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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @03:28AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @03:28AM (#451858)

    Blame your SJW allies if you must. "Racist" is attached to the person now, and because it's ALWAYS attached to a person a special snowflake SJW (and allies) disagrees with, it is now a meaningless term, devoid of useful definition.

    It is sad, in a way, but you brought this situation on yourselves, much like with Trump getting in because the The Other Side of the Same Coin demanded that it was Hillary's turn. You pushed so hard that the blowback blew you out of the water.

  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday January 10 2017, @04:22AM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday January 10 2017, @04:22AM (#451882) Journal

    So if I understand you right, insulting someone at any point in any way during an argument makes that argument null and void, no? Looks like all the "special snowflakes" won this round then :)

    --
    I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @07:01AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @07:01AM (#451917)

      Winning sure does feel good, doesn't it?

      Hm - that actually sounds familiar...