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 Wednesday January 11 2017, @02:16AM
uhh, because calling the cops only makes things worse? they can't do shit but take a report and that's if they're not assholes. what frequently happens is they are annoyed that you interrupted their pimping/highway robbery/sitting around getting fat and start screwing with you to teach you a lesson.
* the cops could have already caught the real criminals if they weren't so busy preying on peaceful citizens insztead b/c it's easier.
* maybe we want to be underrepresented...