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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, @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!