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[–] abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is the exact question i asked my spouse when told it was in Australia. I was under the impression that their gun laws are fairly strict?

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Their gun laws are strict, compared to America. But the notion that Europeans and other first-world citizens can't have guns is far from the truth. Hell, some laws are looser. Most (all?) Europeans can buy a suppressor, and I gather those are mandated in some places, or at least you're frowned upon for not having one.

One of my favorite GunTubers was visiting and interviewing in a central European gun shop (forget the country, sorry) and I was like, "Well, shit. They can buy about anything we can buy!"

America doesn't have a gun problem. America has a culture problem. I could tell you a dozen stories of idiot Americans not understanding the laws we already have. Many of those idiots are dead or in prison.