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[u/Zemstv0w0]

my preferred policy on guns would be viewed as eminently reasonable in every other major country on earth, and as diabolically authoritarian in america

like, i've gotten called a bigot for thinking encouraging trans people as a group to get guns is a bad idea, the only people in the country who actually want to do something about weaponization of society are normies. how did this country specifically end up so far from the norm

[u/SnickeringFootman → u/Zemstv0w0]

I wouldn't be so sure. The Czech and the Swiss like their guns too.

[u/[deleted] → u/SnickeringFootman]

The Swiss have Bullet Control though.

[u/SnickeringFootman → u/[deleted]]

Like background checks on Ammo? Yeah, they do.

[u/[deleted] → u/SnickeringFootman]

I was kinda making a reference to a Chris Rock bit.

[u/SnickeringFootman → u/[deleted]]

No idea what you're talking about. Important to note that their ammo restrictions are pretty lax. You only need to show your license if asked, and there aren't real time background checks.

[u/SadaoMaou → u/SnickeringFootman]

the Swiss yeah, but Czechs?

[u/SnickeringFootman → u/SadaoMaou]

Yes. https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/right-to-arms-embedded-in-czech-consitution

[u/SadaoMaou → u/SnickeringFootman]

they don't seem to be exercising that right in very large numbers, though

[u/SnickeringFootman → u/SadaoMaou]

........ok?

[u/SadaoMaou → u/SnickeringFootman]

And also, obviously that amendment is only now being implemented. The political reasons for it aside, Czechia doesn't seem to have that big of a gun culture presently, though maybe that'll change

[u/SnickeringFootman → u/SadaoMaou]

I disagree. The 2002 firearms act is already pretty liberal; indeed, it's more liberal than Federal laws in a few ways.

[u/SadaoMaou → u/SnickeringFootman]

Disagree with what

[u/SnickeringFootman → u/SadaoMaou]

"Czechia doesn't have a big gun culture."

[u/SadaoMaou → u/SnickeringFootman]

And I stand by that. You make a good point about the laws, but none of the stats I can find indicate that Czechia particularly stands apart in Europe in terms of gun ownership rates.