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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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For recreational use only.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday January 10 2017, @03:17PM
I'm pretty sure Hillary Clinton knew nothing about technology. She did not set up that email server herself, nor has she ever understood the basics of the Internal Combustion Engine nor any other component of our technological civilization. I'm equally sure Donald Trump has no clue about it, either.
I'm pretty certain that people like us know that stuff and do that stuff, even with all the H1-B's. I'm also pretty certain that no matter what happens to any government at any level, people like us will still know that stuff and do that stuff because it's in our blood. As long as people like us exist, human technological civilization will continue.
Washington DC delenda est.