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Non-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

and statistically that’s the one who’s more likely to shoot me. That’s my logic as a Norwegian who’s lived there for just a year anyway.

what for though? are you just harassing people in public? I don't understand why someone would be concerned about someone just having a gun. You probably won't even see this person, let alone bump into them, let alone get into an altercation with them.

And most of them are sane and reasonable people who understand how de-escalation works.

[–] bjornsno@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The question was whether or not a sign saying guns not allowed at a mall would make me feel more safe there. I would see them, I might bump into them, it's a mall. The argument that most of them are sane and reasonable doesn't reassure me much when we're talking about people with a magic kill button.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i guess my point that you aren't picking up on here is that this is quite literally an irrational fear. You should be more worried about being hit by a car, or punched in the face. Or falling down a set of stairs or something.

[–] bjornsno@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've been punched before, complete blind violence. The difference is that being punched didn't kill me. The fear of getting shot in America is not irrational. Again refer to the page full of statistics in my previous comment.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

being shot doesn't have to kill you either. A lot of people survive being shot, lots of people also die from getting punched.

What if they had a knife? Those aren't exactly hard to get, knives arguably cause more violent injuries than guns do. Unless you're shooting someone point blank with a 45 or something.

[–] bjornsno@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ok now I know you're just full of shit and can be safely ignored, thanks.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago