• Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Thank goodness for living in a civilized country where things like that simply don’t happen.

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      8 months ago

      I can’t imagine anyone being so cowardly and scared of their own shadow that they would even want to own a handgun

      Absolute fucking shitebags

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        8 months ago

        This and what else makes the mind boggle is how these Walmart-fed, low self-control guys think they would be able to properly handle themselves in a crisis situation like an armed burglary or amok run for example. Watching too many hero movies probably fucked up the American psyche for good. Look how often even trained police officers who outman the perpetrator 20:1 get shot before they can kill or subdue the target. And Billy Bob thinks that he could handle professional criminals if they come to rob his house at gunpoint and would stand a chance lmao It’s like those Jan 6th guys thinking they have a fighting chance against the US military

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          They’d be blown away before they could unholster (while out of breath) their pistol. Don’t play hero.

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        I am sorry, but as a handgun owner, I must disagree. In the civilized world, owning a (hand)gun usually means you have to pass some kind of test.

        In my country, it is a written test of about 40 questions where only one single mistake is allowed, non-live gun manipulation where you have to basically be flawless, and then live gun manipulation and firing.

        The law is pretty strict, which means actually using a gun to defend yourself has to be absolutely last resort.

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          In Canada, obtaining a verdict of self defense with a firearm is extremely difficult. You basically have to prove that you did everything in your power to diffuse the problem before turning to a firearm, you contacted the police, your life was in immediate danger, you somehow managed to unlock and load your firearm while still being in danger, and that if you hadn’t done what you did you’d be dead.

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            8 months ago

            Yes but the article above says that the fuckin cowards consider a lost pizza boy a danger 😂

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              8 months ago

              Yeah, the US doesn’t just have a gun problem unfortunately, it has a culture problem. I don’t know of any other society that is so insanely paranoid.

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            8 months ago

            Which also isn’t great. Having to defend yourself and then going bankrupt with lawyer fees is a kick to the nuts

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            8 months ago

            Same, same. Here it is either “necessary defense” (when you defend yourself against an attacker) or “extreme emergency” (covers all the other situations of using firearms).

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          Ah yes, a test.

          Surely anyone passing a test like that, like for a driving license, would never, ever break the law and cause danger to those around them, right?

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            8 months ago

            Sure, there are cases, but they go into the 10s per year (with LEGALLY held guns). People are not perfect, but we did hell of good job with our laws.

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        About any country apart from the US and some that are involved in active external or internal wars.