• Apollo@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    32
    ·
    1 year ago

    People who carry weapons around are generally afraid of something, expand that out to an entire nation and you have the USA.

    • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      11
      ·
      1 year ago

      Anyone who needs weapons in order to feel safe in their own country/own home live in a shithole.

    • RagingRobot@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      1 year ago

      Yeah they always say they need protection. I have never needed to protect myself with a gun and I have lived in some pretty rough areas over the years. What kind of stuff are they doing to other people that makes them think everyone is out to get them?

      • Ageroth@reddthat.com
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        11
        ·
        1 year ago

        I was talking guns with an old guy at my last job, he said that everywhere in his house you are never more than 5 feet from a gun, he’s got so many loaded and stashed around his house, just I’m case. I thought that was one of the most insane things I’ve ever heard. Dude really thought someone was going to clockwork orange them every night and he had to be ready for a gunfight at any second. Yeah it’s life in the country and it might be an hour to a hospital and you gotta fend for yourself, but to assume that you’re going to come under violent assault at any moment and have to be ready to shoot it out with anyone has to be extremely draining. It definitely explained his attitude towards others though, always thought the worst of things he didn’t understand.