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gun culture

Sum of parts. Mglovesfun (talk) 12:27, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Delete as a bad definition. Gun culture is not "the use of guns in society", but rather a perceived acceptance and support of guns in society, and usually implies the pro-gun section of the population. It's hard to define, and might not be SoP.--Dmol 12:38, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Delete. Yes, a bad definition. It should be along the lines of a set of beliefs, values, etc. which concern the use of guns. It's not clear from the term what role the guns take (perhaps they are worshipped?), so I don't think it would be SOP. — Pingku^dimmi 16:29, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Reword the definition. I'm quite sure the term is not SoP in its proper meaning, as Dmol said too. —CodeCat 18:26, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Delete as encyclopedic. DCDuring TALK 18:51, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

@ Dmol and CodeCat, compare gang culture and knife culture. Both of these use the same sense of 'culture'. Mglovesfun (talk) 17:13, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Cf. compensation culture. Equinox ◑ 18:56, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Delete. And drug culture and so on. I think they are all SoP, and any attempt at a definition would end up being encyclopedic anyway. -- ALGRIF talk 13:13, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

I still don't know what this means. Can someone point to which definition of culture you're using to call this SoP?--Prosfilaes 01:43, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

It's SoP with respect to the meaning of the word culture, not necessarily as we or Webster's 1913 define it. MWOnline has two relevant subsenses of their sense 5, the second being closer, I think:

b: the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group; also : the characteristic features of everyday existence (as diversions or a way of life} shared by people in a place or time <popular culture> <southern culture>

d: the set of values, conventions, or social practices associated with a particular field, activity, or societal characteristic <studying the effect of computers on print culture>

<changing the culture of materialism will take time — Peggy O'Mara>

HTH DCDuring TALK 01:53, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

I'm not claiming that we have a definition of culture to cover this, merely that such a sense exists. Mglovesfun (talk) 23:10, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

•  Delete, sum of parts does seem to apply here. -- Cirt (talk) 23:50, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

deleted -- Liliana • 00:46, 11 March 2012 (UTC)