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?

  • logen@exploding-heads.com
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    1 year ago

    Non-European here.

    There is an issue of training. It’s expensive to practice shooting, even here in the States, and for many people, even if they can afford the training, they don’t have much oppertunity to do so.

    Reguardless of your choice of self defence, if you don’t train with it regularly, it’s a poor self defense.

    Heck, even if you are trained, self-defence should still be a last resort.

    However, if you are concerned that your home may come under seige, or you have people that are trying to do you or your family harm, then something is better than nothing.