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Most of the gun proliferation behaviors in the US are rooted in a desire to hurt people. I can confirm this. As an American from a family with a long history
by obviouslygreen 13y ago
Most of the gun proliferation behaviors in the US are rooted in a desire to hurt people.
I can confirm this. As an American from a family with a long history of gun ownership, and having grown up around and interacted with many others of the same nature, there is not a single doubt that gun ownership in the US can be trivially summed up in such a fashion.
There is, after all, no other reason to own guns in the US. We do not allow hunting here, target shooting is not a popular activity, and with near-zero crime rates, there is no reason anyone should consider owning a firearm for protection.
Honestly, I don't understand how some people feel justified making ridiculous claims like this.
- saraid216 13y agoI'm not talking about gun ownership; I'm talking about business interests. Sometimes I think that I should increase my personal suicide risk by buying a gun just to make people like you feel less threatened by me.
- hga 13y agoWRT to those near-zero crime rates, it's also not the case that 42 states with around 2/3rd the population has de jure or de facto shall issue concealed carry regimes, along with much of rural Massachusetts (!!!) and California, and upstate New York, plus a thoroughly confused situation in Rhode Island. Nor does Illinois face a June 9th deadline to replace their no issue regime with a shall issue one, or see their law go "poof". And it is clearly just in my imagination that I holster a M1911 almost every time I walk out the door.
- lifeguard 13y agoI was given a shotgun for my 10th birthday. I had no idea why, we lived in a city. American gun culture is crazy insane.