snooggums @ spankmonkey @lemmy.world

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There is a massive gap between handing out guns in happy meals and being hard to get.

Committing violent crimes or being of unsound mind are perfectly fine reasons for restricting possession as long as there is due process and the possibility of restoring the rights under certain conditions. If someone is charged with a violent crime then they shouldn't have possession of firearms until that matter is settled.

There will always be the cases where someone has zero history of violence before they commit a crime so it wouldn't be perfect, but even in the US most states have restrictions based on obvious reasons someone shouldn't have a gun.

Licensing is a different issue than wanting to emphasize music discovery.

More music, more discovery.

It is super easy to discreetly open a folding knife in a fraction of a second before use. No longer than a spring loaded knife or one with a thumb opener thingy or one in a sheath.

You just said

No reason to carry knives in public

Pistols are military weaponry. Most pistols are designed for sale to militaries as their primary audience.

Regular pump shotguns were used in WWII for clearing trenches. The really common AR-15 in the US is a very close equivalent of the M16. Most hunting rifles are comparable to most sniper rifles.

Which small arms are used mainly comes down to what is available to carry, what ammunition is available, and how well they hold up in local conditions. The AK range is extremely popular because it holds up extremely well in a wide variety of conditions with minimal maintenance and it does especially well in desert/sandy conditions compared to almost every other rifle. It is also mass produced in a ton of places and as a result ammunition is plentiful.

They mainly use weapons produced for militaries because that is what is available and reliable enough for their use. They would have used any small arms they could get their hands on that performed as well.

Indirectly. They use the fact that people could be armed to justify their behavior, especially the overuse of 'he's got a gun' when the person doesn't. But many people interact with other people in dangerous situations while attempting to deescalate which the police tend to use the possibility as justification for escalating violence.

Mental health professional: talk down the person who is having a crisis

Police: shoot while claiming they are afraid for their life from an unarmed 12 year old

Any time something is hard to get then it is available to whoever has power and denied to minorities. While you may not have intended to mean that, it is the end result of the approach you are promoting.

This entire comment chain started with your comment that began with it as a right and the US has not been mentioned once.

I think the right to have a gun should also include the legal requirement to take and pass a tactical shoot course.

Sorry for engaging with your premise!

Odds are just as high that the example $360 is an insultingly inflated price just like the $20 is likely to be far lower than what someone else is willing to spend on whatever is being sold.

I tried to edit to clarify immediately after but there might be some timer before editing.

Your guy was much of a dick about you not taking the offer as the OP seller was about getting a low budget. People who treat 'make me an offer' as some kind of preset range and get mad that others don't agree make the whole offer process painful.

Lots of books say that.

Most people don't immediately drown during swimming lessons, so yeah knowing the motions to make means they should be able to handle calm water as long as they don't panic. Heck, knowing how to do the dead man's float is enough for the vast, vast majority of people to stay bought for a long period of time.

Toss them in a heavy current and odds of survival are minimal without prior practice.

On the rare occasion that I make an offer for something it will be very low because that is what I'm willing to pay to deal with the whole 'male an offer' process. A low bid is a low bid, not an insult.

They should have just added more songs, not replaced them.

So don't agree then.

I am aware of that, but this comment chain started with the context of it being a right.

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.

US

People in cities should not use guns for self protection, but should also not rely on the police. Instead, less lethal options should be used for self defense like pepper spray, lasers, or maybe rubber bullets. In the vast majority of cases, densely populated areas will have other people close enough that resisting will discourage continued violence if a commotion is started, just because of possible witnesses.

In rural areas people choosing to use guns they have for hunting for the occasional threat is fine because distances are much further and there is nobody nearby to come and scare off someone by being a witness.

The settings are different and have different needs.

As far abolishing the police, the idea is that the current antagonistic police forces are so broken and do so many things that they need to be replaced with something else. Traffic enforcement shouldn't be the same force that deescalates violent situations which shouldn't be the same force that responds to people in distress. Having the same people respond to all situations where there is a tiny possibility of violence after being taught to treat everyone as a threat is why we get police rolling up and shooting people in mental crisis, breaking into people's homes and shooting dogs over some weed, and shooting drivers who are trying to comply with their confusingly shouted 'instructions'.

What about hunting?