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I get liking guns, but also it’s not just mass shooters. It’s every fucking asshole might have a gun. Some jackass just rolled coal at you, but you know better than to yell at him. It’s the cops drawing on people as an instinct. I get that you think guns are cool, they are, but when they’re as accessible as here as easily as here, it isn’t fun, it’s a situation where teenagers are prepared for a firefight.
If you want a country with a lot of guns in a fun way try Switzerland. On the scale of Switzerland to Iraq the US isn’t where you want it to be.
Yeah, I know there's a whole big issue there in the US, Switzerland is a pretty neat place ngl, even getting automatic guns isn't too much of a problem, just gotta get a collector license (which isn't much of a big deal since you only need to have no criminal record, be mentally sane, etc), so yeah, maybe I will consider moving on to there someday! Thank you!
Yeah the difference is Switzerland doesn’t have rage as a defining cultural trait and they’re trained with and held accountable with their small arms. We just don’t do that here. I could go to a gun store, and 3 days later walk out with a gun and nobody would ever have to check in on it or me. I’d just be held accountable if it was used by someone it shouldn’t be.
And like yeah I actually like that it’s not too restrictive here, I just want some basic evidence based gun laws to minimize the violence.