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Anon the murderer (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 0 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Really? So y'all hunting wild boar with those concealed-carry pistols, are you?

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  • [–] 0 points 6 days ago (4 children)

    You had reasonable comments above about the cilture and laws surrounding guns. Don't resort to "hurr durr every american is a cowboy".

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  • [–] 1 point 6 days ago (3 children)

    Trend: The handgun share has risen steadily. The 1994 NSPOF survey found 36% rifles, 34% handguns, 26% shotguns, and 4% other types of long guns. The 2004 survey put it at 40 percent. New production now skews further toward handguns: handguns accounted for 53 percent of firearm production in 2024, and until the early 1990s, rifles and shotguns routinely outnumbered pistols and revolvers. (Gun violence in the United States +3)

    The US is unusual. Handguns make up about 44–45% of its civilian gun stock, while comparable wealthy countries with registry data have far lower shares, typically single digits.

    So roughly 50% of the guns in the US are handguns. Far higher than other civilised countries.

    I ask again, do you think yanks are buying handguns to go hunting?

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  • [–] 1 point 6 days ago (2 children)

    Most handguns are for entertainment from my admittedly limited experience, but yeah of course handguns are used for self defense. I said most americans don't engage with gun culture, not that all guns we do own are used for hunting as you seem to have misinterpreted.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 child)

    That's because your reply was a strawman.

    Nobody except you ever asserted that "most citizens" had guns.

    The cope was "every country has citizens with guns", which while it is probably true (most countries allow hunting), nevertheless belies the fact that the US is unique among 'developed' countries in arming itself to the gills in the name of killing each other rather than animals.

    Of course if your peer group is Latin America and tinpot African dictatorships, you probably look a lot more normal. Gooooooo yankees!

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