There are a lot of things that scream 'America.' Buying guns at Walmart. Sucking down 128-ounce sodas touted by Mormon influencers. Watching old men yelling at each other about golf during what is supposed to be a Presidential debate. Yet amid all these quintessentially American rites of passage, a few stand above the rest. Case in point? The following stories of firing pistols, border-guarding gators, and sneaking sips of booze from sunscreen bottles on your Florida vacation. 

From Indiana's embrace of throwing stars to brawls over McDonald's fries, here are 24 headlines that scream 'America' at the top of their lungs.