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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: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Tuesday January 10 2017, @07:52AM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Tuesday January 10 2017, @07:52AM (#451935) Journal

    Hey, AC! Come just a little closer! You say you have an opinion on this? Great! Come over here and tell us what it is! So we can grab you and throw you in the loonie bin, as you deserve, you crazy elusive biatch! This is the problem, the crazy has become savvy enough to stay out of the madhouse, and now infect both the Republican party and a large segment of SoylentNews. C'mon, AC! Give us your username! And your real name. Address? Lat und Long? We will have people there to help you in a matter of minutes! The entire point of getting Trump elected is to be able to identify the crazies, before they go all Ft. Lauderdale on us. Just a bit closer, AC! C'mon!

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @08:08AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @08:08AM (#451940)

    Defense against kidnappers is just one of many reasons the Second Amendment was written in plain language in the Bill of "Keep your Damned Hands off these" Rights.

    I don't need a stack of deceased criminal stupid cluttering up my porch, which is what I'd get should I give you what you're asking for.

  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday January 10 2017, @02:52PM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Tuesday January 10 2017, @02:52PM (#452060) Journal

    a large segment of SoylentNews.

    Not a large segment, a loud segment.

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday January 10 2017, @03:22PM

    by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Tuesday January 10 2017, @03:22PM (#452083) Homepage
    There are 3 types of A/C posters:
    - those who want complete detachment, and is A/C all the way;
    - those who want the protection of A/C posting, but have an account such that they can shit-mod their favourite antagonists;
    - those who mostly post logged-in, but just occasionally require some shade for posting on a delicate topic.

    You shouldn't bundle them all together, they are three different classes of people.
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