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"it was sooo damn sweet I vomited big time, in fact I threw up an entire meatloaf dinner and I haven't even eaten meatloaf in over three months....the show was that bad. " ~ Rockyi 12/16/06
I graduated high school and enlisted in the Air Force in 1985.
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"it was sooo damn sweet I vomited big time, in fact I threw up an entire meatloaf dinner and I haven't even eaten meatloaf in over three months....the show was that bad. " ~ Rockyi 12/16/06
I wonder if low population density and sprawl plays a role in a culture that is obsessed with guns. That is not to say that all low density areas have gun violence but rather people become obsessed with guns. You have rural areas that are safe but gun obsessed and then you have bombed out and relatively low density ghettos in cities that have tons of crime. As someone already pointed out the most crime ridden areas of Chicago tend to be bombed out and thus lower population density, also think about Detroit. High population density areas in Chicago tend to have lower crime such as the north lakefront areas, there are some exceptions such as Little Village having high density and high crime and the far outer NW and SW neighborhoods being lower density and low crime. Also think of New York City, it is very dense and yet the crime is now so low. I think low densities make people more paranoid of others and a car oriented society only makes it more so. So yes I think auto-centric sprawl is a major culprit in the rise of gun obsession in the United States. In general those living in dense walk able and transit oriented communities in the United States are neither obsessed with guns nor live in fear of being shot with a gun. In ghettos people are paranoid and have guns out of fear of rival gangs and what not and in suburban and rural areas people are paranoid of the "other" as well and carry guns, the only difference is that suburban and rural people are far less likely to actually act on their violent impulses than those in the ghetto.
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