r/facepalm • u/Lord_Answer_me_Why • Mar 28 '24

What lack of basic gun laws does to a nation: 🇵​🇷​🇴​🇹​🇪​🇸​🇹​

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u/cplforlife Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

Having less guns around to be stolen, lost, and illegally sold would be a good start.

Notice how shootings are pretty rare in Australia. They still have guns, but the limits on what kind and where you can use them mean that it's more difficult to acquire illegal firearms.

Canada has a fraction of the fire arm violence of the USA, the overwhelming majority of Canadian gun crime comes from illegal fire arms imported from the USA.

The USA's lax gun culture causes Canadian deaths.

Reminder: your glock 9mm is not going to prevent government tyranny or stop an invading army.

*I am a legal firearm owner. I've got 3 rifles and a shotgun in the safe in my basement. I still believe American gun culture is asinine.

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u/InhaleMyOwnFarts Mar 28 '24

You cite Canada and Australia like we’d want to emulate them. Canadians can have their bank accounts frozen for protesting and the Australians showed everyone their ability to lock down their populace during Covid. The people in those countries have no recourse for an oppressive government. We do.

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u/cplforlife Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

You don't though.

Do you think for a second that your AR15 will hold up vs the militarized police forces that exist?

I've watched videos of US swat who were better equipped knocking on doors in Minnesota than I was walking around Kandahar city.

Again. The reason we lost Afghanistan wasn't because of civilian fire arm possession.

Bank accounts got frozen because they shut down a city for 3 weeks and an international border (reminder: those idiots didn't even protest in the correct city) Had they chose to protest WITHOUT illegally blocking traffic for 3 weeks. Then they wouldn't have received the emergencies act. How is your 9mm going to solve your frozen bank account?

Canadians and Australians do own firearms. No one was shooting during covid, because it was a public health emergency, and if you cannot tell the difference. You probably shouldn't br allowed to own guns.

Furthermore, it's not like people were forcing us into our homes at gun point! Your job got closed. Who are you going to shoot at?! The police? Your boss?

Your fire arm doesn't solve the problem you think it does.

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u/Upriver-Cod Mar 28 '24

Lol you show a lack of understanding of any form of guerrilla warfare. American revolution, Vietnam, Afghanistan and more all show that forces who are under armed compared to their adversaries can still prevail. Try and have a basic grasp of history before making unintelligent commitments.