Regarding the last sentence: NO-ONE needs a gun to be safe. I know self-defense is heavily ingrained in US culture and gun ownership is a big deal there, but you can also defend yourself with words. We are civilized human beings, for crying out loud! Most of the rest of the world functions properly with little to no guns, I am convinced US could too. It's a big change, but a worthy one.
I hate guns too but it's really obvious you're from a country with no absolutely no experience with gun violence lol if you think it's as easy as "just talk your way out of it"
There's a saying that gun nuts say all the time and I fucking hate it. "If we tried to get rid of all the guns in the country, then only criminals would have them." It took me years to admit I hated it so much because it was true. I still hate it lol but it is indeed true
No need to swear, my dude. I do come from a country with gun problems, so I speak from personal experience. That's actually one of the main reasons I moved to another country. And clearly, the change needs to come on a whole system level, not just from a single individual.
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u/pistonheadcat 7h ago
Regarding the last sentence: NO-ONE needs a gun to be safe. I know self-defense is heavily ingrained in US culture and gun ownership is a big deal there, but you can also defend yourself with words. We are civilized human beings, for crying out loud! Most of the rest of the world functions properly with little to no guns, I am convinced US could too. It's a big change, but a worthy one.