Gun culture

The pro gun control website I have chosen is coalition stop gun violence
They aim to enact popular common sense gun laws which will protect American families from the destruction and tragedy of shootings which have become so recurrent in the United States.

Csgv focus on taking guns out of the hands of felons and the mentally ill and strive for universal background checks on every gun sale in America. This centres on the want to make public places safer for children and adults alike across America. A kingpin in the ideology of the csgv. The other bedrock objectives of the organisation are to tackle the infectious spread of destructive values promoted by the NRA and alike organisations which preach their understanding of the Second Amendment. Also, to bring back a ban on Assault rifles which would end the absurd and nonsensical presence of assault and high powered rifles in the streets of America.

The csgv website (above) compiles a host of interesting articles written by their members; religious groups, child welfare organisations, public health professionals and social justice advocates. However, they also feature articles or work from others including an interview with Kate Kretz - an artist who published some anti-gun culture paintings in 2015. The series of art is called 'Gunlickers' and when interviewed; Kretz alluded to her distaste of Gun Culture in her home nation, 

"The other day, for the first time ever, I found myself opening up a news page and thinking, kind of absent-mindedly, “Hmm…oh, another deadly rampage…” Gun activists work so hard to make open carry “the new normal,” hoping we will all somehow acclimate to this attempted regression back to The Wild West where everyone walks around with a gun, and the one who draws the fastest “wins.” The apparent premise of this radical agenda is that we will all be safer, but the resultant “new normal” is that our country is suffering from constant gun-related accidents and homicides. The numbers are mind numbing, but, until it has happened to someone you know, it’s easy to become desensitized to the reality of it.". Kretz went on to say; "At a certain point, I decided that I really had no choice but to start making art about how insane our country has become."

The anti gun control (pro gun) website I have studied is USA carry which also has a range of articles along with a forum, merchandise and even 'Join NRA' tab.
Interestingly, the anti gun control website isn't any less in your face with its views than its opposition but i would argue that it uses slier and more manipulative devices in its articles and imagery.
Even to a non-American that has never experienced their deep rooted gun culture and can view it from a level far removed, some of the articles on this website seem simply ridiculous. For example, one of their authors, Jason Hanson writes '4 weapons for when the ammo runs out'. Might i add, he is a former CIA officer. The article explains how, when you run out of ammo, you might want to get your hands on either a Kukri knife, tomahawk, fixed-blade knife or crowbar - As if this is responsible, honestly constructive advice for majority Americans. Its like Hanson is imagining everyone has been transported into a video game scenario or zombie apocalypse film in-which they must fight to the death for a slice of bread.

It goes on: two articles, '30 page terrorist attack manual from uncle sam' and 'How to be prepared when flying', clearly seek to use the national fear of terrorism since the tragedy of 9/11 to justify and warrant the ownership and use of guns by the individual American. Shamefully obvious scare mongering is used by USAcarry within these articles. "So far, the government has been able to thwart several attacks but they won’t be able to stop every single one and eventually it’s going to happen again." Its hard to comprehend the extent of irresponsibility shown by the organisations website when it can easily be viewed by a young and impressionable audience. Another appalling statement is used in the same article, "Unfortunately, most Americans will be unprepared for any type of attack. But that doesn’t mean you and I have to follow along with them.". Such a negative comment on union and togetherness in the face of a crisis seems to directly conflict with ideals that were born out of the creation of the USA. Abandoning everyone to protect yourself is an Anti-American concept which i believe many Americans would dissociate themselves from. Despite this, many would associate themselves with this viewpoint on gun culture. A hypercritical notion is anything.