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How US gun culture stacks up with the world
Ubiquitous gun violence in the United States has left few places unscathed over the decades. Still, many Americans hold their right to bear arms, enshrined in the US Constitution, as sacrosanct. But critics of the Second Amendment say that right threatens another: The right to life.
America's relationship to gun ownership is unique, and its gun culture is a global outlier.
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The United States is the only nation in the world where civilian guns outnumber people.
There are 120 guns for every 100 Americans, according to the Switzerland-based Small Arms Survey (SAS). No other nation has more civilian guns than people.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/26/world/us-gun-culture-world-comparison-intl-cmd/index.html
America's relationship to gun ownership is unique, and its gun culture is a global outlier.
-Snip-
The United States is the only nation in the world where civilian guns outnumber people.
There are 120 guns for every 100 Americans, according to the Switzerland-based Small Arms Survey (SAS). No other nation has more civilian guns than people.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/26/world/us-gun-culture-world-comparison-intl-cmd/index.html
The right-wing "cold dead hands" gun culture has made the USA great again. Support gun violence control, or any other form of rational civic decency, and there's another kid with an AK-47 just itching to shoot you -- in "self-defense."