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: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday January 11 2017, @04:10PM
Violent crime is violent crime is violent crime if that's what you're looking at. Would you prefer simply murders? Can't be done. The UK only reports [parliament.uk] proper Murder convictions and file them under the year the conviction was attained, whereas the US reports any violent or suspicious death at the time it is discovered, regardless of even having a suspect much less a conviction. Using the same methodology as the US, experts estimate the murder rate in the UK would be up to five times what is currently reported. That would put them down as significantly more deadly than the US to live in despite having to do it all with knives and cricket bats and such.
Another fun fact, the `96 gun ban in the UK had absolutely no lasting effect [mintpressnews.com] on the murder rate there, though it did cause a spike in the murder rate directly after it was enacted.
Do your research next time, so you don't look like quite as unprepared.
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