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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 11 2017, @11:45PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 11 2017, @11:45PM (#452773)

    If $BAD_PRESIDENT decides to send in the militarized police force in (let alone an army of drone warfare) to somewhere like Waco/Malheur/Wherever, what will you do? It's been a long time since owning a private arsenal will protect you from the government.

    Wanna bet?

    What'll I do? I'll talk to $RELATIVE_WITH_BETTER_GUNS_AND_TACTICAL_TRAINING_THAN_I, $FRIEND_WHO_I_KNOW_IS_ARMED, $EX_ARMED_FORCES_SQUADMATE, and $RANGE_SHOOTING_BUDDY_ACROSS_TOWN_MORE_ACCURATE_THAN_I. They'll each be talking to three other already Armed folks as well. I think we'll figure out a way to handle the situation. And you'll probably be surprised at the outcome..... just hope that when we're through that you, $UNARMED_LOSER, still have a voice in that order.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 11 2017, @11:52PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 11 2017, @11:52PM (#452774)

    Addition to above: You might think I might die in such an endeavor. And yeah, you'd probably be right.

    First, this is all hypothetical anyway.

    Second, twenty nine years ago I swore an Oath. "I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."

    I'm no longer under the direct orders of the President, officers appointed over me, or UCMJ. But you can pretty much believe that if necessary I'll still die to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic and that I still bear true faith and allegiance to the same.

    I'm not the only one. And there are more of us than persons in active government service.

    We aren't there yet. But we're watching, waiting, and hoping that day will not pass.