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Desensitization to guns (lemmy.world)

submitted 15 hours ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

I have a lot of family members that live and work in a rural area, and firearms are simply tools of trade to them, as well as shooting for sport.

The only people you see with them in a city are police though.

[–] knatschus@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 hours ago

I grew up in rural germany joined a shooting club when i was 9,

where i had to shoot a crossbow at first before being allowed operating a bb gun at 10 and yes the crossbow is far more dangerous,

seen plenty of guns legal and illegal ones during my youth after i left the club and i still consider seeing multiple guns in a year as not normal since guns are stored in a safe and usually only shown to friends once and most sport shooters will leave them at the club.

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world -1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I mean a cook needs a knife to fillet a steak, that is clear,

What rural area business really needs a gun? People have been living rurally without problems without them.

I think it's an insurance policy for fear, most of the time. But one that doesn't work because now you contract a fear for fellow humans with guns.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Pest control, genius. Rabbits, hares, magpies, possums, goats and more. One cousin is a commercial goat culler.

They're not used for self defence.

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world -2 points 3 hours ago

All those were managed well before the invention of the gun.

Your cousin might need one, but that guy from no county for old men weilded a culler that needed no gun.

But it's mainly the self defense angle witch angers me. If you need a tool for killing stuff, a gun is your thing.

Butt most people don't need to kill stuff.