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Desensitization to guns (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 hours ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

I remember I visited Italy on a Latin class trip back in high school, and got a real culture shock when I saw carabinieri(?) patrolling the airport armed with some kind of assault rifles or SMGs. I don't remember seeing any "normal" police once I was out walking around in the cities so I have no idea if they would've been armed or not, but that was definitely heavier weaponry than I'd seen any American cop carrying, in the airport or otherwise.

[–] plutopos@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 hours ago

Yeah, in Italy there's a lot of armed officials in public places and big stations (even train stations!). Usually they're only there to look intimidating. The ones who will actually bother people (usually immigrants) are regular policemen, who, paradoxically, are less likely to carry firearms

[–] darklamer@feddit.org 2 points 4 hours ago

Being heavily armed is kind of the point of the Carabinieri, who are a part of the military.