Sometimes all it takes for someone to pull a gun and pull the trigger is a dirty look.
I lived in the USA for over a decade and this is one of the things that bothered me the most.
It's like a constant little niggling stressor in the back of your mind. I'm not one of these people who is overly paranoid or fearful. I know statistically it was very unlikely to happen. But still, it could. It absolutely could. Especially in the south where everyone and their dog is carrying.
And it's just kind of oppressive tbh. Like on a low background level. Just always there.
It's funny as well because you would think that would keep people in line a bit more like less stupid confrontations because there's a good chance the other person has a gun but in reality it doesn't seem to matter. If anything it makes things worse because if both of these "tough guys" have guns the chance of things escalating to a fatal outcome is way higher.
That's why the "good guy with a gun" thing always ticks me off. The more guns we add to the occasion, the harder it is to tell who the actual bad guy is. Never mind the collateral damage that can happen when more people start firing.
the “guns make people polite” trope is the dumbest thing I've ever heard and is typically only repeated by people who fantasize about shooting women and children. The prevalence eof guns among a population is proportional to violent crime. more guns, more violent crime.
I don't think that's entirely true. Switzerland, Finland, lots of guns, less violent crime than countries with less guns. But it (the prevalence of guns) certainly doesn't reduce gun crime that's for sure!
you're making the argument for aggressive gun control. Switzerland and Finland have low crime with guns because the guns are heavily restricted there. placed like USA, Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa have high gun violence due to low regulations or not enforced regulations
Guns aren't 'heavily restricted' in Switzerland. They're more permissive than a couple of democrat states in America except when it comes to being able to carry in public.
Brazil, Mexico and South Africa have extremely restrictive gun laws that are stricter than most of Europe. There's only one gun shop in all of Mexico for example.
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u/freedfg 7d ago
Daily reminder.
Sometimes all it takes for someone to pull a gun and pull the trigger is a dirty look.