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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Guns have always been a prevalent part of our country's history. Were you afraid of it when you were growing up? Your parents? If not, what changed? [u]I know I was oblivious to US gun ownership growing up. Didn't actually see someone open carry until my late 30s in Virginia.[/u] Semi-auto rifles has been available to US consumers ever since they were commercially available. Same with handguns. The popular 1911 was a pre-WWI weapon. If it was not a problem in American's minds then, what changed to make it a problem now? I have my own take on why it's a problem now but would like to here some different opinions.[/quote]

1. Perhaps your lack of exposure to guns, and how stupid preteens and teens play with them, is a blind spot for you.  I received my first gun at age 12.  I know what guns can do, and I know how foolish young people can be, and how they get even more foolish around guns.

2. Three reasons I think guns are more of an issue now than when we were growing up: (1) media coverage has expanded, so now we all can easily learn about all the people needlessly dying from guns, and not just the small number that happened to get reported in each town's local paper news when we grew up, (2) society has gotten less rural each decade, so the perceived "need" for guns has gone way down, because there are far fewer sportsmen and far more "weekend Rambo warriors," (3) most things have gotten safer over time, but guns remain persistently deadly.

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