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Of course. "Think of the children" is the apex of hypocrisy. If the US (and American tech companies) cared at all about children, or human life in general, the

by bambax 4y ago

Of course. "Think of the children" is the apex of hypocrisy. If the US (and American tech companies) cared at all about children, or human life in general, they would do something about guns. As a European, seeing videos on YT glorifying guns and gun culture is extremely shocking. I would let my kids run around naked all day, anytime, rather than letting them watch one video showing people firing an AR-15 like it's the most normal thing in the world.

branon 4y ago
Your European country exists as it is today because brave citizens worked with or near guns to defend your ideals. Gun education and gun safety is not necessarily glorification. YouTube is a cesspit though and I can totally see some overcaffeinated "content creator" churning out videos that misrepresent and pervert the otherwise sane tenets of firearms education. But - there's the "think of the children" hypocrisy again. Think of the children, and "do something about" (i.e. ban) guns. Or ban videos about guns? Kids can look at genitals all day but heaven forbid they watch a video about a gun? Or play video games that feature guns? Where's it end? We've exchanged one instance of hypocrisy for another. No thanks!
nullfield 4y ago
Free humans own weapons or at minimum aren’t barred from doing so, and can legally defend themselves from legitimate threats when civil authorities are unable or unwilling to intervene in the moment. Culture is a different thing to discuss, sure, and glorifying violence is bad - which is what some of those videos do, though not all of them. Still, we see countries like the Czech Republic where firearms may be carried concealed, nearly anywhere, with licensing on a shall-issue basis: there are relatively reasonable conditions not far from US-based shall-issue permit requirements (for the US states still even requiring a permit), as well, and CZ doesn’t seem to have issues. Education about gun safety, and just general personal responsibility, used to be a thing in the US but the “education system” here fails us these days.

by bambax 4y ago

branon 4y ago

Your European country exists as it is today because brave citizens worked with or near guns to defend your ideals. Gun education and gun safety is not necessarily glorification. YouTube is a cesspit though and I can totally see some overcaffeinated "content creator" churning out videos that misrepresent and pervert the otherwise sane tenets of firearms education. But - there's the "think of the children" hypocrisy again. Think of the children, and "do something about" (i.e. ban) guns. Or ban videos about guns? Kids can look at genitals all day but heaven forbid they watch a video about a gun? Or play video games that feature guns? Where's it end? We've exchanged one instance of hypocrisy for another. No thanks!

nullfield 4y ago

Free humans own weapons or at minimum aren’t barred from doing so, and can legally defend themselves from legitimate threats when civil authorities are unable or unwilling to intervene in the moment. Culture is a different thing to discuss, sure, and glorifying violence is bad - which is what some of those videos do, though not all of them. Still, we see countries like the Czech Republic where firearms may be carried concealed, nearly anywhere, with licensing on a shall-issue basis: there are relatively reasonable conditions not far from US-based shall-issue permit requirements (for the US states still even requiring a permit), as well, and CZ doesn’t seem to have issues. Education about gun safety, and just general personal responsibility, used to be a thing in the US but the “education system” here fails us these days.