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posted by on Monday January 09 2017, @08:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the second-amendment dept.

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 Runaway1956 on Tuesday January 10 2017, @03:45AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 10 2017, @03:45AM (#451867) Journal

    WTF? I have pointed out that people are convicted with unjust laws, for the purpose of denying their rights. Gun rights, voting rights, and more, are stripped upon conviction. Marijuana prohibition was aimed directly at the black communities. More recently, laws regarding crack cocaine are targeted directly at the black communities.

    You appear to be preaching to the choir here, and don't even realize it.

    Gun laws are primarily aimed at black people. The fact that they also entrap some (conservative) redneck white people is a bonus. Democrats hate all of us.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @04:39AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @04:39AM (#451888)

    And your explanation for why the last 10+ years has seen expanded gun access laws not restrictions is... ?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @07:17AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @07:17AM (#451924)

      And your explanation for why the last 10+ years has seen expanded gun access laws not restrictions is... ?

      Common people with functional brains getting fed up with bullcrap "laws" which only affect them, the common law-abiding folk, and taking action to demand that their so-called representatives show some modicum of respect to the plain language of the Second Amendment.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @09:22AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @09:22AM (#451959)

        > Common people with functional brains getting fed up with bullcrap "laws" which only affect them

        Didn't runaway just establish that gun-control laws have always been targeted at black people?
        You won't find all that many black people advocating for more gun access.

        Try again!

        • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday January 10 2017, @03:10PM

          by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 10 2017, @03:10PM (#452073) Journal

          Please, define "all that many" for us. If only ONE black person is denied a weapon BECAUSE HE IS BLACK, then our laws are unjust. Deny a gun to a black guy who is clearly nuts, and we're cool. Deny a gun to another black guy who is a demonstrable menace to society, we're still cool. But, when you deny a gun to a black guy BECAUSE HE IS BLACK, then you are the fascist.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @05:57PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @05:57PM (#452150)

          Way to miss the forest for the trees: laws affect the law-abiding, regardless of skin color. Racist!

    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday January 10 2017, @03:08PM

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 10 2017, @03:08PM (#452070) Journal

      Huh, wut? You're saying that democrat controlled cities and states are voluntarily relaxing gun control laws? Or, are you attempting to credit those democrats with Supreme Court rulings that have FORCED the democrats to accept more lenient gun laws?

      Which laws have been rolled back in Chicago, and Illinois, may I ask?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @04:02PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @04:02PM (#452104)

        Ok, so faced with facts that don't fit your agenda, you just go into denail mode.
        Republican controlled states have been passing more and more lax guns laws for the last decade.
        Expanding the areas where people can legally carry to churches, schools, parks, workplaces etc.
        Texas has gone from first permitting concealed carry about 20 years ago to now permitting open carry.
        Missouri recently passed a new stand your ground law and eliminated the requirement for training before getting a CCW.
        Its a really long list.

        When you try to deflect away from those simple facts you are agenda driven instead of fact driven.
        Democrats are the real racists! -- The rallying cry of actual racists.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @05:59PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @05:59PM (#452152)

          X are the real racists! -- The rallying cry of actual racists.

          So, logically, that makes you...?