Hi!

I’m just curious if there are any Europeans here that are pro gun. As a European myself I know it’s super rare and those who are are probably not going to admit it publicly because guns are very, very stigmatized here. The exception might be the Czech Republic since they actually do have concealed carry licenses.

I haven’t always been pro gun, I have just like every other cheep in Europe I thought they were nothing but bad. But after years of watching guntubers and hearing 2a advocates arguments and seeing how the anti-gun crowds arguments are based on complete ignorance (they often can’t even get the basic facts right), I’ve completely changed my mind over the last maybe 5-6 years. The increase of gun violence in Europe and in my own country in particular, like seeing criminals post videos when they fire their fully automatic AKs in the air out the window of a moving car and the rise of gun violence in general. I realized that gun bans don’t work, and the only way to make sure you never get victimized by one of those criminals is to be able to use a gun in self-defense.

I know there are mostly Americans here, and I watch the gun debate over there and how the elite is trying to infringe on your rights. Make sure you fight that every single day. Because us over here have nothing to defend ourselves with if/when something happens. All we can do is hope the offender is not a complete psycho and will not kill us if we just comply.

Any Europeans wanna share their own journey from anti-gun to pro-gun?

    • Calculate2093@exploding-heads.comOP
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      1 year ago

      🤣. I’m probably way too optimistic thinking that people here will start advocating for their right to defend themselves. But I hope to find someone here that thinks the way I do.

      I know applications to gun clubs have increased here, mostly due to the aggressions from Russia lately. But maybe also because the increasing gun violence.

      • Alice@exploding-heads.com
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        1 year ago

        I’m sure you will. Honestly I think some are too afraid to speak up. Because of how the other instances moderates. They might think it’s a ‘trick’ just one possibility

    • Honky@exploding-heads.com
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      1 year ago

      You jest but it’s the petty criminals weapon of choice here in the UK. The police recently did a sweep of some woodland just 5 minutes of where I live and found over 20 blades including machetes stashed there.