I’ve been thinking about something and want to check an assumption I have. I only hear directly from other people in the USA, and interract with the global community through memes. How are the gun regulations/laws different from yours in terms of strictness, and do you wish there was more or less where you live?

Not looking for a debate here, discuss cold drinks vs hot drinks instead. Appreciate either answer. ❤️

Edit: Thanks for the answers all. I’m super proud how productive eveyone kept this talk. I figured most of you had very different experiences than I. I’ll share my most recent experience. I don’t have a firearm, but have considered it after being trained enough. When sharing this with “normal” people around town, I had multiple people offer to sell or gift me a gun where the serial number was scratched off and non-traceable. I ofter heard, “oh man, yeah. You need a gun.” I have literally never needed one. The fact that people offer to give me one when I don’t have a liscence or training shows the mindset of the minority here and how much of a problem a few individuals can make to safety within the current system.

  • livus@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    @Rossphorus

    It gives police and those in power the ability to selectively punish (or pardon) whomever they choose, often at the whims of their personal biases.

    That’s a really good point. My lassaiz faire attitude to this is something I need to rethink. It’s a bit like the abortion law thing we had a while ago.

    • Rossphorus@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Selective enforcement is one of those concepts that isn’t talked about much outside of legal ethics circles unfortunately, but I think it’s an important concept to be aware of and the potential issues with it. I first heard about it from The Dictators Handbook, which explores many behaviours of politicians and those in power, including how and why corrupt nations often employ selective enforcement. It’s an interesting read, would recommend. It definitely changed how I looked at the world.

      • livus@kbin.social
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        8 months ago

        I guess there’s passive selective enforcement (like NZ’s old abortion law, where in theory women could only have an abortion if the pregnancy was a risk to health) and then there’s more active selection (like corrupt countries use on political opponents)?

        I will keep a look out for that book.