Still, the hunters keep coming, and they are only one part of an American fascination with firearms. Gun culture seems to be a uniquely American phenomenon, with many adherents who associate it with liberty and self-reliance rather than death. Guns are a cheap means to power, and more prevalent in the everyday lives of Americans than in any other first-world country. Last spring Great Britain banned all firearms above .22-caliber, and no one there screamed about the Second Amendment. Then again, the British don't have a second amendment.
Gun culture is a part of popular culture, and shows the same diversity.
For every good ole' boy with a rifle rack in back of the Bronco there's a ghetto kid with a .32 in his waistband. 135,000 students carry guns to schools every day, and whether the tune is gangsta rap or country, guns are glorified. For a good example, one needs to look no further than professional sports, where Dallas Cowboys head coach Barry Switzer, a gun enthusiast from even before his days as a coach in Oklahoma, and urban hoops icon Iverson have both faced weapons charges in the past year. Barry and Allen, of course, didn't directly cause a hunter to shoot Teresa Poynter. It's likely that her shooting was a fluke, a bullet that traveled further than the sight of the person firing the gun.