I don't own a gun.
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@originalworlds
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@randahl What scares me, is that while we also have guns in private hands for hunting and target shooting (Germany; 19.6 private firearms per 100 residents as per Small Arms Survey 2017), we still experience way lower gun-related incidents than the USofA.
I have used guns, have been a gun safety instructor, and won't disclose if I own guns. Still, you can handle guns safely. I lived few years in the US (totally unrelated to guns), and encountered some pretty lunatic folks there. That society is way, way different from Europe, and it can be quite scary.
I lived in the US for nearly twenty years. What shook me the most was how brutal multiple killings had very limited news coverage and were usually forgotten the next day - unless a celebrity was involved. If families organised to call for any form of gun control, the killings were "fake" and the protestors were "paid crisis actors".
I have to compare this to hearing about the Dunblane massacre while driving to work. I had to pull over, process what I was hearing, turn off the radio, dry my eyes and drive on when I felt safe to do so.
I did not expect to become blasé to three or four fatal shootings every week in my local area.
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I don't own a gun. I have not touched a gun for decades. I have not once seen a gun in public in the city where I live, except for the pistols carried by law enforcement. Because in Denmark we don't have guns.
Our last school shooting was in 1994.
In the US 13,000 people will die from gun violence this year.
In Denmark only 10.
I call that being pro life.
@ri I have never touched or seen a gun in the hands of a non-police person. Europe 🤟
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I don't own a gun. I have not touched a gun for decades. I have not once seen a gun in public in the city where I live, except for the pistols carried by law enforcement. Because in Denmark we don't have guns.
Our last school shooting was in 1994.
In the US 13,000 people will die from gun violence this year.
In Denmark only 10.
I call that being pro life.
@randahl
I guess it won't change even if US prohibited Gun. there will be knife, bomb, or other kind of crime in replacement.the gun is kind of media, while the real reason is hatred and extreme polarisation their politicians and celebrities created.
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@randahl what about knife stabbings?
The US has more knife stabbings per capita too.
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I don't own a gun. I have not touched a gun for decades. I have not once seen a gun in public in the city where I live, except for the pistols carried by law enforcement. Because in Denmark we don't have guns.
Our last school shooting was in 1994.
In the US 13,000 people will die from gun violence this year.
In Denmark only 10.
I call that being pro life.
I read somewhere years ago in a article/commentary that the entire German police force fired less bullets in an entire year during execution of their duties (meaning it excludes the training on range etc) than a single US police officer in a single shootout with one lone gunman. The number quoted was something like 38 bullets for the ENTIRE German police force. A country of over 80mil with a gun-culture stemming from hunting & sport.
The entire US is just bonkers.
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@randahl Thé gun nuts of AmeriKKKa have failed. They don’t recognize tyranny.
Gun reform is on my list.
This country needs a complete overhaul.@RiaResists @randahl Gun nuts ideology in the US was never about protecting *from* tyranny, it was about protecting *tyranny*. It was about shooting slaves.
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@worik @randahl No. I'm talking about Chamberlain with his worthless assurance by Hitler after his summit. Talking to maniacs is not helpful. Firebombing their cities is.
The fanatical Axis Powers didn't surrender due to relentless communication and whatever. Enough if their people got reduced to ash that their will to keep fighting for their beliefs was broken.
Same principal. In America, the gun nuts want to shoot anyone who scares them. I counter their urges by arming myself.
@frequencyfault @worik @randahl ”Firebombing their cities is”
This is exactly what the Netanyahu cabinet and Hamas strategy is: kill as many civilians as possible.
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I don't own a gun. I have not touched a gun for decades. I have not once seen a gun in public in the city where I live, except for the pistols carried by law enforcement. Because in Denmark we don't have guns.
Our last school shooting was in 1994.
In the US 13,000 people will die from gun violence this year.
In Denmark only 10.
I call that being pro life.
@randahl
13K is way too low. The last year figures are available, 2024, there were just under 45K gun deaths. 120-130 per day! It's a self inflicted loss. So sad. -
@originalworlds @randahl “decidedly singular demographic”
BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK
@WhiteCatTamer He almost wrote it explicitly later: ”it's (sic!) racial statistics”, so now it’s more like a humanwhistle.
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@worik @randahl No. I'm talking about Chamberlain with his worthless assurance by Hitler after his summit. Talking to maniacs is not helpful. Firebombing their cities is.
The fanatical Axis Powers didn't surrender due to relentless communication and whatever. Enough if their people got reduced to ash that their will to keep fighting for their beliefs was broken.
Same principal. In America, the gun nuts want to shoot anyone who scares them. I counter their urges by arming myself.
@frequencyfault @worik @randahl In fact, Germans didn’t surrender after the firebombing of their cities. They fought long after any hope of victory. Most firebombings strengthen the morale of defenders, only the total destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki led to a surrender.
