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Thanks for your helpful comments. I would suggest one of my own for you: use proper capitalization and punctuation when making comments on Wikipedia.
You are correct, I would not argue that ""the widespread possesion (sp) and use of guns is FOREIGN to puerto rican (sp) culture"" - but I also would NOT argue that it is common in ""American"" culture - by any definition of ""American"" culture. (What do you mean by ""American"" culture? a culture shared by all nations of the Western Hemisphere? that shared by the USA, including its insular territories? that shared by the mainland USA alone?) I have never possessed or used a gun, nor do I personally know anyone who has. Thus I should be culturally identical to my fellow U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico, in this regard. I'm not sure what you are trying to suggest with this example, but it is straightforward to claim that the English language is a part of the culture of the United States, because its use is pervasive throughout the country; but it is something altogether different to suggest that the possession and use of firearms is a part of the U.S. cultural identity - there is wide variation in attitudes toward this supposed ""cultural trait"" from person to person, from region to region, and yes, from state or territory to state or territory. "