Gun culture is the attitudes, feelings, values, and behaviors that belong to a group that uses firearms. The United States of America has a huge gun culture. In recent years, more and more gun violence has made headlines. “There have been 12 (mass shootings) in the United States since 1949, and half of them took place in the last six years,” says political commentator Rachel Maddow. I believe this is a sign to take matters into our own hands and change our gun culture. One of the first steps to changing our gun culture is removing gun violence from the media. Children are exposed to violence on a daily basis on television, in video games and in films. Dr. Norman B Anderson of the American Psychological Association says there was a link between the violent obsession of Adam Lanza (the shooter in the Sandy Hook shooting) and his killing spree that cost far too many lives innocent. A study done at Brock University showed that children and adolescents who played violent video games for a long period of time had an increased development of aggressive behaviors. It goes without saying that violence in the media must be reduced. Children who watch violence on television are the future of society. They can't all be aggressive, violent people who believe that shooting civilians is acceptable or that stealing cars is something to be taken lightly. We must change this to The United States has more guns and more gun-related deaths than any other country in the world. In our country, we have 88 guns per 100 people and 10 gun-related deaths per 100,000 people, according to a study by two New York City cardiologists. The same study shows that there are more weapons than any other of the 27 most developed countries. Japan only has 0.6 rifles per 100 inhabitants. David Hemenway, of Harvard...... middle of article...... rol. " Listverse. Listverse, April 21, 2013. Web. March 5, 2014. Bragman, Walker. " Debunking 18 Pro-Gun Myths " The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, February 5, 2013. Web. March 7, 2014. Lupkin, Sydney." The United States has more guns - and gun deaths - than any other country, study finds." ABC News. ABC News Network, September 19, 2013. Web. March 6, 2014. "Global Gun Cultures." Wikimedia Foundation, February 28, 2014. Web, March 7, 2014. Kopel, David. “Why Japan is So Gun Safe.” NY Daily News. NY Daily News, December 19, 2012. Web. March 7, 2014. Herman, Bob. “Hospitalizations for firearm injuries cost $75,000 on average.” Hospitalizations for firearm injuries cost $75,000 on average. Beckers Hospital Review, November 5, 2013. Web. March 7, 2014. Plouffe, Mary E. “If we change the culture of smoking, we can change the culture of guns.” » Bangor Daily News RSS, May 29, 2013. Web.. 2014.