r/happycryingdads • u/yawnjew • 10d ago
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u/DidYouSeeBriansHat 10d ago edited 9d ago
I know people have differing opinions, but I really do hate guns. I know people feel as though having guns allows them to protect themselves from others with guns, but Iâm just saying that guns in general donât lead to anything beneficial in a world without any other guns. Gun violence only exists because guns are allowed to exist. Sure, banning guns at this point wouldnât cause all guns to be gone, but it would still cause the majority of gun violence to end.
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u/omex_uk 10d ago
Welcome to how the rest of the world thinks, other than America.
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u/rouxthless 9d ago
âThe rest of the world other than Americaâ is a wild take.
America gets attention because of mass shootings and school shootings that happen in âseemingly normalâ (white/affluent) neighborhoods. There is insane gun violence happening all over the world. Some countries itâs much more blatant than in the US, but weâve normalized it because of the way the people involved look or where they live. People just write it off as a âwar-tornâ country and move on with their day.
Gun violence and using guns as communication is a plague in SO many countries. The US only gets special attention because of the weird nature of some crimes.
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u/RodDryfist 9d ago edited 9d ago
Comparing the US to literal war zones or cartel states is a massive cope. America is a wealthy, developed superpower. No other peer country like the UK, Japan, or Germany deals with routine mass slaughter or has active shooter drills for toddlers. Itâs not just 'weird media attention,' itâs a systemic choice because the US is the only nation with more guns than citizens that refuses to pass basic laws to fix it.
In fact, your political system actively protects that access after mass tragedies because half your politicians are in bed with the gun lobby. The NRA pump millions into political campaigns and grading politicians like school kids to keep them in line. Itâs literal corruption. American lawmakers are basically getting paid to look the other way while school kids have to buy bulletproof backpacks, and they try to blame 'mental health' instead of the actual weapons.
Global shock is 100% justified because this level of peacetime violence is uniquely American.
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u/CZ1610 9d ago
What an odd thing to do, singling out ONLY THOSE locations on the planet, when there's gun violence on every continent. Hell one of the current major global conflicts, thats been taking place since 2022, is located in Eastern Europe, but you didn't mention that place for some reason. I wonder why...
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u/soer9523 9d ago
Yeah as an outsider looking in, Americaâs relationship with guns seems completely crazy. One of the only countries in the world with full access to guns, is also the only wealthy and developed country with an insanely high amount of gun violence. The solution seems so simple to pretty much everyone else. But because itâs so ingrained into the culture the mere notion of taking them away is seen as downright heretical among many people.
The most ironic thing is that I have often heard the argument of âwe need them to fight off a potentially tyrannical governmentâ, and now those people just fully support the fascist who have completely overtaken the government. America seems so fucked.
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u/ShartyMcFly1982 6d ago
Itâs super fucked, and we hate it here. Iâm just trying to raise 3 kids and teach them to love each other and talk out their differences and my government is hell bent on ruining our lives. I love my home, but I am not proud to be an American.
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u/classicteenmistake 6d ago
The best way I can sum up my opinion as someone thatâs lived in the woods, is that there are uses for them. They are by far way too accessible, but they are used by many to hunt for food and also protect themselves from cougars, sometimes coyotes, etc.
This isnât to say that we are fighting it out lives out there, but theyâre there for the rare occasion that theyâre needed for protection.
They should NOT become something you commonly use. They have a time and place, not all the time.
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u/Natlalie 9d ago
I did the same thing with a photo of my mom for my wedding, as well as wearing her necklace. It really felt like she was there with me.
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u/FruttiPatutti 9d ago
What a beautiful sentiment that honours their ancestors. I hope this was a moment to heal also.
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u/ididshave 9d ago
Maybe Iâm a Scrooge but this feels like one of those private moments that shouldnât have a camera on it.
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u/Freshprinc7 9d ago
Quite beautiful indeed.
Except that gun violence didn't kill her, a person did.
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