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Originally Posted by Vallen Chaos Valiant
Americans shooting Americans is just part of the local culture.
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That's a flippant and incorrect characterization of the current state of public opinion on guns. I expect to see some Republican senators struggle to win re-election next fall over their party's obstructionism on gun control. The American public is far ahead of Congress on this issue. Independent and Republican-leaning moms are not happy hearing descriptions of lockdown drills from their young children. I expect guns to play an important role in the 2020 general election.
Younger generations are
much less likely to own guns, a trend that has persisted since World War II. Now only about a third of American households own a gun. In households headed by someone under fifty, the figure is even lower. And if there is no man present, only about 16 percent own guns.