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Does that include places like Switzerland, where every male is issued with a gun as part of their national service/canton militia? I think the cultural problem

• midasuni 3y ago
  No. Switzerland isn’t in the EU. Include non EU countries and the population and number of guns is even larger, but gun homicides don’t change much. Even gun suicides are far higher in the US per capita and per gun than in the EU. The US has a gun fetish. People sleep with them for crying out loud!
  • rootw0rm 3y ago
    hey now, if i don't sleep with the thing, how am i gonna grab it when i'm asleep?
    • bombcar 3y ago
      I took “sleep with” as a sexual thing but you’re right, it’s probably referring to nightstand guns or the famous bedshotty.
      • mrguyorama 3y ago
        Worth noting, it is impossible to both have a gun for home defense, and be a "responsible" gun owner. Being a responsible gun owner implies the guns are properly locked up, away from ammunition, because kids regularly play with daddy's guns and kill each other and themselves, but if your gun is locked up in a safe separately from it's ammo like it is often legally required to be, there's no way you can actually use it for home defense. But everyone still claims they are "A responsible gun owner" because all that actually means to the gun culture in the US is that you are white or rural or conservative.