I’m nice to everyone and a good chunk of the population would like to see me dead. Assuming people would only want to assault someone because of their own actions is pretty naive.
Right. So let’s give them access to guns, that’s a super smart idea. “There’s a group of murderous people in my country. What to do? I know, let’s give everyone lethal weapons which you can buy at the super market, that will make everyone safer.”
In my country, cops and the military have guns. And a tiny group who use them for hunting and sports. There are roughly 35 to 40 people killed by guns per year, in a country of 18 million inhabitants. That’s 0.2 to 0.25 per 100.000. This is much more than 10 years ago. One of our provinces is considered a narco state, we have Moroccan mafia, the Mexican cartels are here too. So it’s not like we don’t have crime and we have no issues.
As a comparison, in the US in 2023 the amount of deaths by guns was 13.7 per 100.000, which has been less than the years before, according to Pew Research Center.
It’s super simple math. Add guns to society, the amount of gun violence and deaths will rise. Remove guns from society, the amount of gun violence and deaths will decrease. Look at Australia for example, one of many countries where they banned guns, after the worst mass shooting ever. Never had a mass shooting ever again, since 1996. They went from an average of 3.6 gun deaths per 100.000 per year before 1996 to 0.8 in 2018.
But in the US their logic is “maybe we need to add more guns? Maybe the problem is too much doors in schools. You know what? I think we need to pray harder.”
But you know, statistics are just for nerds, what’s a nerd going to do against an AR-15 right?
Okay give me the thousands of dollars it’ll take to uproot and start a life in another country cuz I don’t have it. Also I’m pretty sure most countries aren’t too fond of accepting disabled people.
My country welcomes expats, there’s even an unfair tax cut to lure expats here. You pay less taxes, can find a house more easily than nationals and you can fix this with countless institutes willing to help you find work and a house for free or for a minor fee. And my country isn’t the only one. Especially now with Trump his shit show, and his war against intellectuals, the EU is scouting people from the US. You don’t need thousands to make the move. You will earn more and companies are more than happy to take you, with actual benifits and rights (no maximum sick days for example, like wtf is that really, you can’t stop being sick if you’ve reached the maximum allowed days). Plus, with all the systems in play to make it more easy for expats to come here, it’s not that hard or expensive. English is unofficially (while there are discussions to make it official) our second language so there are loads of job opportunities here, even if you don’t speak our native language. Also if you’re disabled. This isn’t America, people here are treated like actual people. And if you can’t work full time, you can get benifits.
I’m nice to everyone and a good chunk of the population would like to see me dead. Assuming people would only want to assault someone because of their own actions is pretty naive.
Right. So let’s give them access to guns, that’s a super smart idea. “There’s a group of murderous people in my country. What to do? I know, let’s give everyone lethal weapons which you can buy at the super market, that will make everyone safer.”
In my country, cops and the military have guns. And a tiny group who use them for hunting and sports. There are roughly 35 to 40 people killed by guns per year, in a country of 18 million inhabitants. That’s 0.2 to 0.25 per 100.000. This is much more than 10 years ago. One of our provinces is considered a narco state, we have Moroccan mafia, the Mexican cartels are here too. So it’s not like we don’t have crime and we have no issues.
As a comparison, in the US in 2023 the amount of deaths by guns was 13.7 per 100.000, which has been less than the years before, according to Pew Research Center.
It’s super simple math. Add guns to society, the amount of gun violence and deaths will rise. Remove guns from society, the amount of gun violence and deaths will decrease. Look at Australia for example, one of many countries where they banned guns, after the worst mass shooting ever. Never had a mass shooting ever again, since 1996. They went from an average of 3.6 gun deaths per 100.000 per year before 1996 to 0.8 in 2018.
But in the US their logic is “maybe we need to add more guns? Maybe the problem is too much doors in schools. You know what? I think we need to pray harder.”
But you know, statistics are just for nerds, what’s a nerd going to do against an AR-15 right?
You are more likely to drown if you have a pool. This isn’t any different.
Exactly. Or the chance of accidentally injuring others when driving a huge ass truck you don’t need.
Improving your safety shouldn’t be at the cost of the safety of others.
It’s the law of the land. I don’t agree with the current interpretation, but I do still have to live here in the meantime.
Do you? There are maaaaaany places much better than that fucked up country.
Okay give me the thousands of dollars it’ll take to uproot and start a life in another country cuz I don’t have it. Also I’m pretty sure most countries aren’t too fond of accepting disabled people.
Objection: speculation.
My country welcomes expats, there’s even an unfair tax cut to lure expats here. You pay less taxes, can find a house more easily than nationals and you can fix this with countless institutes willing to help you find work and a house for free or for a minor fee. And my country isn’t the only one. Especially now with Trump his shit show, and his war against intellectuals, the EU is scouting people from the US. You don’t need thousands to make the move. You will earn more and companies are more than happy to take you, with actual benifits and rights (no maximum sick days for example, like wtf is that really, you can’t stop being sick if you’ve reached the maximum allowed days). Plus, with all the systems in play to make it more easy for expats to come here, it’s not that hard or expensive. English is unofficially (while there are discussions to make it official) our second language so there are loads of job opportunities here, even if you don’t speak our native language. Also if you’re disabled. This isn’t America, people here are treated like actual people. And if you can’t work full time, you can get benifits.