US Gun Culture Corrupting the World
The U.S. has chosen the pathway of illogical policy with regard to guns," Australias former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer said Friday. "They cannot expect not to have any criticism of it worldwide.
I am angry because it is corrupting the world, this gun culture of the United States.
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Fischer said the lack of gun control in the U.S. had led to a massacre each and every year since 1996 - in contrast to Australia, which has restrictions on firearms ownership.
He said the majority of illegally obtained guns used in crimes in Australia and Mexico had come from the U.S.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/23/20131976-us-gun-culture-is-corrupting-the-world-australia-ex-deputy-pm-says-after-okla-slaying?chromedomain=worldnews
Americans can thank the NRA for this obscene proliferation of guns, and for the gun culture that pays the NRA to corrupt politicians at all levels of our government. The NRA is nothing more than a terrorist organization and should be viewed as such.
Not only sane and concerned American citizens, but the world community is calling for sensible gun control in the United States.
MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)Skittles
(159,384 posts)f*** them all
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Mr. Scorpio posted this about what we're dealing with now, and have been a long time:
RWNJs see themselves as freedom fighters. Possibly sanity can be achieved without the confiscation they're so worried about.
IDK.
DanTex
(20,709 posts)Probably because they tend to be "Gu Murka" types who would never visit a foreign country except to fight in a war.
And it's much more than just appearances. American guns are taking lives in Mexico, the Caribbean, and even in Canada a lot of the handguns used in crimes come from the US.