RE: Uzi death
August 28, 2014 at 7:50 am
(This post was last modified: August 28, 2014 at 7:54 am by Napoléon.)
(August 27, 2014 at 9:05 pm)Moros Synackaon Wrote: While I like the tongue in cheek sentiment (a lot), I am skeptical of what "gun culture" is.
They actually have a wikipedia article on it, it's not like I'm just making this shit up:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_culture...ted_States
Or you could just type in "American gun culture" on google, there's plenty of stuff.
Honestly, in response to Rhythm's comment I think calling it a sub-culture just completely underplays how prevalent the gun-toting mindset so obviously is.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28958364
I mean, look at this shit. 18 people aged 24 and younger die every day from firearms in the US. 55 percent of US homes with children and firearms in which one or more weapons are kept in an unlocked place. There's no law or limit to how young someone can be to fire a weapon. I know I come from a place where guns are outright banned, but even to you guys this must be absurd.
Obviously, it goes without saying that most gun owners are probably responsible, law abiding citizens. But a major part of the problem IMHO is that much of the law enables these kinds of bizarre circumstances to happen, it makes it easier for shootings to happen. Are you telling me that this American gun culture hasn't had an impact on the laws you currently have? The laws that aren't good enough in this day and age?
The gun culture itself breeds situations where you have "Burgers 'n' Bullets" restaurants where fucking kids can go and shoot guns and 'have a good time'. IMHO more Americans need to wake up and smell the damn coffee, instead of using lines like "alcohol kills people, shouldn't we ban alcohol too?".
