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
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @04:02PM
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
So, logically, that makes you...?