(As a general concept of how a society should run, not intended as a US-specific question.)
I sometimes see people on the internet saying that giving people easy access to guns is too risky and there should be stricter gun control, while simultaneously wanting to abolish the police? I’m just confused on what people really want?
You cant both abolish the police and then also disarm the citizens, gotta pick one. So which is it, internet? Self-policing with guns? Or reform the police?
[Please state what country you’re in]
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(Also its funny how the far-right of the US is both pro-gun and pro-police, I’m confused by that as well)
I’m strictly anti-gun, as I believe are most Europeans. Civilians shouldn’t be allowed to keep ranged weapons, period.
So my bow should be illegal? What about a slingshot?
Bows/crossbows should be restricted to use in special clubs, just like guns or rifles, where they are stored on premise.
Restricting slingshots would be hard to enforce, but I’d say carrying them in public should be just as illegal as carrying guns.
Tbh I’ve never seen a use case that requires ownership of a slingshot, other than maybe feeding fishes in preparation of a long cast.
What about hunting?
Hunting should be banned.
Should be reserved to professional hunters/game keepers, who would be entitled to rifle ownership as part of their job description, just like police forces or the military.
Privateers should not kill animals for sport.
Most hunters in the US are shooting game to eat, ehoch is necessary since we killed off most of the predators that would otherwise keep the deer populations in check. Limiting it to only professionals would result in a lot of wasted kills.
We have hunting licenses for a reason.
Doesn’t mean I have to agree with the practice.
So don’t agree then.
But it is legal to do that in all European countries though. You just need to qualify for a license. And that process seems to mostly do the job, especially compared to the US.
Yeah I still don’t approve of it, that was the question. I’m all for stricter gun laws worldwide. The US obviously need to catch up most urgently, but that doesn’t mean I have to like the status quo elsewhere.