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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Imagine that you live in a suburb. Imagine it is 3am, you are drunk and want to go home. You forgot/lost your keys somewhere so you knock on your door to wake up whoever you are living with. Unfortunately for you in your drunk stupor you knocked on the wrong door and are now dead because someone with 0 gun training was allowed to buy and use one, got scared and shot you because they were frightened.

The way I always see Americans speak about these late night incidents you'd think Europe would have collapsed from lack of guns in people's homes....

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Not even drunk, the back of your neighbours house catches fire so you run over and bang on the door to wake him - he doesn't answer so you kick the door open just as he gets halfway down the stairs -- even if he's a responsible gun owner that moment of someone bursting in while he has a gun in his hand, instant tragedy...