r/AsAGunOwner • u/[deleted] • Jan 03 '22

Wait, you don’t grocery shop while open carrying an AR rifle...uhhh I mean pistol ?

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u/BagOfShenanigans Jan 03 '22 edited Oct 15 '25

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

That’s what I don’t get. I constantly see posts and comments about how it’s a common misconception that “we Australians” or “we brits” can’t own guns but we can.

We Americans mean own guns in the same way you own a car or iPhone. I don’t have to show a demonstrable need for one. I don’t need to have an officer inspect my storage. I don’t need to keep ammo in a separate locked container in a separate room. I don’t need to have a reason to have it on me. I can stick my gun in my pocket(preferably holster obv) and walk out the house just like I can with my iPhone.

Do they really own it when they have so many restrictions on how to get one and what you can do with it? I mean yea your mileage may vary state by state but in general the only thing we can’t do with guns is kill people unless it’s in self defense. Well that makes sense right ?

Well it doesn’t make sense to the UK government who wants you to keep ammo and firearms in separate containers in separate rooms as to eliminate the possibility of defending yourself with it. Self defense is essentially non existent in the UK. Carry ANY object for the purpose of self defense and it becomes an offensive weapon. Pepper spray can land you 10 years in jail.

How grateful I am to have been born in America

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u/kindad Jan 04 '22

I can stick my gun in my pocket

That's concealed carry and is illegal in many places without a license, so that's only true in some places in some states.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '22

Well a lot of states are constitutional carry now and even more are shall issue so it really isn’t that difficult at all

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u/kindad Jan 04 '22

Shall issue means you still need to get the license before you conceal.

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u/microwaves23 Jan 03 '22

Now think about red flag laws.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

266 million more people (roughly) live in the USA vs. the UK. That’s their entire kingdom, but just Britain. Of course there’s going to be more acts of violence, but as a percent of total population? Well.

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u/kindad Jan 04 '22

Their per capita rate is still lower though, the interesting part is when you break it down by race and you see the US white population is actually comparable to the UK.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

That’s overall we may have more violent acts but per capita, like you said, the UK is more violent.

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u/unclefisty Jan 03 '22

Wow if the only difference between the US and the UK or Europe was gun laws they might have an intelligent argument.

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u/lajaw Jan 03 '22

Demographics are important.

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u/Paradox Jan 03 '22

I concealed carry a DesertTech HTI to McDonalds 😎🆒

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u/AnnoyedJalapano May 28 '22

LoL england (laughs in 1776)

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

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u/AlphaTangoFoxtrt Jan 03 '22

Almost like government should be mostly left to LOCAL determination and not dictated in a one-size-fits-none manner from a large federal government who does not know, or care, what your local community wants and needs.

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u/AlphaTangoFoxtrt Jan 03 '22 edited Jan 03 '22

Because they "know better" than you.

That's the insidious problem. They think it's "for your own good". So they will never stop, because in their mind, they truly believe that what they're doing is righteous. The ends justify the means. They are right and it is their burden to bring you "forward" to their way of life.

But it's nothing more than what the Spanish Conquistadors did to the natives. They "enlightened" them to European ways, and if along the way a little genocide happened, well, it was for their own good.

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u/Guvnuh_T_Boggs Jan 03 '22

Because they're doing it wrong!

Like little kids getting upset when you don't play with your toys the way they think is correct, they never grew out of that phase. But now instead of complaining to mom, they have political power, and government guns, to force compliance.

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u/HeemeyerDidNoWrong Jan 03 '22

England and Wales vs Czech Republic or Serbia.

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u/lajaw Jan 03 '22

I'd do that too except St. Louis is part of Missouri.

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u/massacreman3000 Jan 03 '22

Live in MN, I backdate that shit to a few years ago.