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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
It's not just the gun lobby. Close to half of Americans regard the freedom to own a guy as an essential safeguard of their property and their autonomy, and they fear the prospect of government depriving them of property and autonomy more than they fear random acts of violence. It sounds strange to us, but it really is a different culture down there.
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Yeah, it's culturally ingrained.
There was a time when the America's were being settled, that firearms were a logical necessity. Especially in the West where it wasn't unheard of for someone to purchase land and then they had to protect it from other settlers. Now it's a vestigial trait with some really unwanted results.
You see similar things in other cultures, but the results aren't usually this deadly.