America’s gun culture is empowering people to shoot others, even when they’re not a threat – By Grace Eliza Goodwin (Insider) / Apr 22 2023
- Recent shootings of people over innocent mistakes have re-ignited scrutiny of self-defense laws.
- Gun violence experts said US gun culture is empowering people to “shoot first, ask questions later.”
- Our culture of individualism, fear, and self-preservation is intertwined with our policies, experts told Insider.
They each made simple mistakes.
But for the Black teen who rang the wrong doorbell, the young woman who pulled into the wrong driveway, and the cheerleader who got into the wrong car, those mistakes became life-threatening, and in one case, deadly.
A series of wrong-place shootings have reignited debate about the prevalence of gun violence, “stand your ground” laws, and America’s firearms culture.
On April 13, an elderly homeowner in Kansas City, Missouri, shot Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager, in the head after Yarl rang the home’s doorbell.
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