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'White Male Privilege' and Other Themes of Gun Culture
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Today, readers on the culture, psychology, and politics of regulating guns. Really, pay attention to Australia—white-male privilege and all. Several previous messages have referred to Australia’s modern experience with guns. In short: After the mass-casualty “Port Arthur massacre” of 1996, a conservative government (technically, the Liberal party) changed gun policy, and since then Australia has had its share of gun violence but no remotely comparable massacres. By contrast, the five deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history, and 7 of the 10 worst, have all happened since 1996.
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PHORTO
(2/26/2018)
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As if it matters what other countries do.
None of them are the U.S. None of them have a restrictive Bill of Rights removing certain powers from the government.
And none of them hold a candle to the only country in recorded history that does.
The United States of America. |
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