• Meowoem@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    I’m not going to call him conservative but he is a fantasist that weaves common talking points into his work for comic effect, I’m not going to base my opinions on jokes made in ya fiction.

    There are a lot of examples of weapons restrictions in countries round the world including the one I live in, here having a gun will get you significant prison time so if criminals do have one they keep it very well hidden and certainly aren’t going to start popping off shots or waving it around in a mugging, burglary, fight or other situation.

    Do you know how many times I’ve been warned not to hang out in front of a club because the bouncer had an argument with a guy who threatened to come back and shoot the place up? Twice, want to guess which country I was in both times? I’ll give you a clue it was the only country I’ve ever seen someone pull a gun when yelling out their car window in a road rage, only country I’ve ever had to use a different launderette because the regular one had been shot up, only country where I’ve been in a bar and two people started arguing and everyone started leaving…

    You’re normalised to it so you don’t understand how much it negatively affects your life, a good example is that you’re scared of not having a gun - that makes no sense here or any of the places I’ve visited where guns are sensibly restricted.