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You betcha--I agree. It is obnoxious. Just think if you lived in a country where they hardly exist. It is only going to get worse as there are more mass shootings or shootings by the mentally ill. There will eventually be metal detectors everywhere. Sick of hearing about shootings on the news and wondering if the person in traffic who is pissed off about something has a gun.
And, yes, we are planning a move to Europe in a year or two just to experience a better quality of life and am looking forward to see what it is like to live somewhere without a 'gun culture' and gun ownership, which I believe has been shown to actually make people feel more paranoid.
Where in Europe? I am from the UK and live in the US, and while every country has its plus and minus, you will find a vastly different attitude toward guns in any european country. Gun ownership is a "freedom" that nobody there wants (nor the wonderful US healthcare system ).
Perhaps that is where your happiness lies. If I were miserable in a country because of its laws and I could, I would leave.
Being miserable and being unhappy with a law, or set of laws are two different things. I chose to move from Europe (England) to here, but the vast majority of Europeans do not want to move to the US (as was suggested by the previous poster). Not that Europe is some utopia, far from it, but most people think of the US as a wealthy but kinda backward country (which I'm sure would come as a genuine surprise to most Americans).
Being miserable and being unhappy with a law, or set of laws are two different things. I chose to move from Europe (England) to here, but the vast majority of Europeans do not want to move to the US (as was suggested by the previous poster). Not that Europe is some utopia, far from it, but most people think of the US as a wealthy but kinda backward country (which I'm sure would come as a genuine surprise to most Americans).
Actually, no it doesn't surprise me at all. I have been to Europe, although many years ago. People that I spoke to at the time still believed we had cattle drives, and Indians attacking settlements. It can be amazing at the misconceptions people can have from any country.
It seems like everywhere I look and see, I'm being pressured to buy a gun...not just one gun, multiple ones. Gun shows all over the place, advertisements in newspapers and magazines, and non-stop talk about guns on TV and the radio.
It's like American culture expects me to be carrying around a gun 24/7, and that if I don't own multiple firearms, I'm somehow a second class citizen. Anyone else tired of this?
Detailing the difference between Switzerland and the United States would then also have to include that the Swiss are basically a homogeneous society, in other words, none of the racial tension that accounts for a large number of shootings and homicide in the U.S. Please don't call me a racist, it is a fact. And as you pointed out, the Swiss are basically law abiding, many areas of the United States are not.
Hmmm...I wonder how they are on open borders and immigration
It seems like everywhere I look and see, I'm being pressured to buy a gun...not just one gun, multiple ones. Gun shows all over the place, advertisements in newspapers and magazines, and non-stop talk about guns on TV and the radio.
It's like American culture expects me to be carrying around a gun 24/7, and that if I don't own multiple firearms, I'm somehow a second class citizen. Anyone else tired of this?
No. I like being afforded the ability of having the means to protect myself if need be.
No one is pressuring anyone into buying a gun. It is still a choice.
Guns are becoming more popular as a way for the regular average Joe to level the playing field on what many think is the melt down of American society. The inmates are running the asylum with the allowed surge of potentially dangerous illegal aliens, the protests and riots after a "Innocent" thug is stopped by the Police and the ever growing threat of homegrown terrorism there is no doubt that good people are concerned about protecting themselves.
I say if you can legally own a gun and it makes you feel better having one than get one. If you don't like guns than don't buy one.
If you do buy a gun make sure that you get training in the safe use of it.
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And, I see that from the authoritarian types on both sides, in terms of the hyperbole about guns from the left, and marijuana from the right!
