You have to understand that in Europe even for racial motivated crimes very few actually involve guns.
In Portugal most gun death are actually passion crimes in somewhat rural areas committed with hunting firearms.
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Non-Americans - would you own a gun if it were more feasible to do so where you live?
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In Portugal most gun death are actually passion crimes in somewhat rural areas committed with hunting firearms.
HELL TO THE FUCKING NO.
I probably wouldn't STAY in a country where it would be feasible to own a gun in the first place. One of the reasons why I don't plan on setting foot in the US in the foreseeable future, they can keep this shit confined to their dystopian hellhole, thanks.
I think you missed the part where OP asked non-Americans for their opinions. As someone from Connecticut as your profile location states, I fail to see how your answer has any value for the purpose of this thread.
I probably wouldn't STAY in a country where it would be feasible to own a gun in the first place. One of the reasons why I don't plan on setting foot in the US in the foreseeable future, they can keep this shit confined to their dystopian hellhole, thanks.
I think you missed the part where OP asked non-Americans for their opinions. As someone from Connecticut as your profile location states, I fail to see how your answer has any value for the purpose of this thread.
"In France, to buy a weapon, in line with the European Firearms Directive, a hunting license or a shooting sport license is necessary depending on the type, function and magazine capacity of the weapon."
Suffice to say guns are gated behind the incredibly annoying heavy and slow machine that is France's administrative structure, and that I never ever met anyone who owned a gun, or knew anyone who owned a gun, ever. This shit barely exists here.
The cases in which they are allowed are so limited that you're highly likely to never meet a French person who owns a gun.
It's the same pretty much everywhere in Europe where you can own a gun. But you can own a gun if you put some effort into it. So perhaps a bit more nuance is in order.
This more a gun culture thing, I think.
Here's a fun table for legislation in a lot of countries.
Absolutely no fucking way in hell. Hell, if guns were made legal here I would probably move to a different country.
No, it's not just "some effort into it". You have no idea the numbers of loops you'd have to jump through to prove you are worthy of owning a gun, and even then, the type of scrutiny that you'd be under for owning a gun, and the type of effort you'd have to make to prove you're prepared to make it the least dangerous as possible. And not any gun, at that. Only certain types will be available to you depending on the type of permit you've requested.
People aren't messing with that kind of shit, the control over it is extremely tight, and this is why we don't have mass-murders every day of the week.
France actually has a very high firearm ownership rate in comparison to the rest of Europe tho its mainly involving long guns. While I dont live in France i have talked to quite a few French, German and Scottish sports shooters over the years who i get the feeling would never openly disclose they have firearms unless the government comes asking. Chances are pretty good the people are out there you just dont know it since guns tend to be more taboo outside of the US.
It's something I've thought about as an asian American.
I've seen people talking about that it won't get so bad where you won't need it if society starts to break down. But you saw the extreme shortages at the start of the pandemic, you saw the breakdowns in logistics and transprotation.
You've seen the population boil down to 'f**k you, got mine'. You've seen that attitude here on era.
So hand gun? Rifle? No, but a shot gun with buckshot? It's possible .
Yes, and as I said this is also the case for pretty much every EU country where you can own a gun. So perhaps you're talking about sensible restrictions to gun ownership?
Happy to see Americans knowing more about my own country than I do. That's refreshing!
I can deal with the restrictions my country have in place, they're working well enough so far. But I'd be even better if that crap was flat-out banned.
I can deal with the restrictions my country have in place, they're working well enough so far. But I'd be even better if that crap was flat-out banned.
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How do you feel about javelin throwing?
I imagine because of things like terrorism, the process for getting a gun in France can be even more restrictive than it already is in other EU countries. But honestly I have no idea.
It is quite restricted everywhere in EU, especially for handguns. My point was that you can get a gun in most EU countries, people just don't because the gun culture is different and people don't own guns for fun.
I'll be honest, I completely misread the thread title, that's on me my bad
You're an idiot.
A huge idiot.
Bro I'm not the one who doesn't understand the history and usage of the bow.
There's plenty of good reasons for gun control, but "It's made to kill things" isn't one of the stronger ones.
I'm very pro gun control, but I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't own a gun if it was as easy as heading down to Walmart.
Legit question for people saying no- How do you kill the 30-50 feral hogs that run into your yard within 3-5 mins while your small kids play?
I don't know, what's their loot table and what are the drop percentages? Is there a quest or a reputation faction that involves killing them?
In Poland in past 10 years there were 263 murders or attempted murders using firearms (little more if you include gas and pneumatic guns). In 2019 there were total 659 crimes involving guns. I have no doubt this number would be higher if guns were more common.