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Not all of us are embracing firearms; that's a particularly US-centered trait. Curiously, the other nations that are really gung-ho about civilians carrying fir
by vacri 10y ago
Not all of us are embracing firearms; that's a particularly US-centered trait. Curiously, the other nations that are really gung-ho about civilians carrying firearms tend to be the ones that the US looks down on as being backwards and uncivilised.
- tomcam 10y agoLike Switzerland and Israel?
- vacri 10y agoThe Swiss don't carry firearms. They have a government-issued firearm in their homes and government-issued ammunition. They're required to practice, but they don't carry the firearms around bragging about how many virtual crimes they've stopped by doing so, nor pose for selfies in those fake weekend-warrior poses - they're not "really gung-ho". Comparing the Swiss and the American experience of civilian firearms really only works on the absolutely shallowest level. Israel has a little more open to civilians carrying weapons, but it's still a lot more restricted than in the US. But fine, have Israel, even though the culture there still doesn't really match up (and there's a strong strain of anti-Israel sentiment in the US anyway). I'll just point out that I said 'tend'.