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> Are pictures of guns offensive outside of the US? I'm not sure about offensive, but as a UK citizen I mostly associate guns with crime and violence. I don't
by nicoburns 5y ago
> Are pictures of guns offensive outside of the US?
I'm not sure about offensive, but as a UK citizen I mostly associate guns with crime and violence. I don't know anyone who publicly owns a gun. For the most part police don't have guns here. Typically the only time I see a gun is when I go to the airport (airport security police do have guns).
I'm aware of how cultural norms are different in the US, and as such the owners being into guns certainly wouldn't stop me interacting with a business. But it might well make me question their political/moral judgements.
- Aeolun 5y agoGuns as devices scare the crap out of me, but are super fun to shoot on a range (probably because they’re so scary, kind of like a legal forbidden fruit?) Until something jams and you need to fiddle with a loaded weapon to get the round/magazine out. That said, I like living in a country where obtaining one requires me to go through some qualification process and training.
- stavros 5y agoI went to a range when I was in the US. It was, indeed, lots of fun, but also kind of scary, because we could shoot semi-automatic M16s (or something like that, I don't know much about guns), whose only purpose seemed to be to kill people. We were following all precautions (and more), and it was great until one of the shells bounced on the wall and fell in my shoe, and I started hopping around in pain with a loaded handgun and my finger still on the trigger. That's when I realized it's too easy for something to go wrong and I didn't need to kill my best friend by accident over some fun.