▲ 1240 ▼ The weirdest thing about American culture (lemmy.ml) submitted 3 months ago by cm0002@toast.ooo to c/funny@sh.itjust.works 182 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] lizzzy@feddit.uk 1 point 3 months ago (3 children) Easy. Make it socially unacceptable. Happened with smoking. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ohshit604@lemmy.halstead.host 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children) Firearms aren’t a social issue, you can’t stop people from camping in forests and using firearms as a tool for wilderness defence or folks who hunt and trap for a profession, not to mention people who live in remote locations where a Walmart is hours away opposed to minutes (I can’t confirm this last point for the US, but this is certainly a Canadian issue). Target shooting is also recognized as an Olympic sport globally, you want to prevent teams from practicing their sport? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lizzzy@feddit.uk 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Every other country has gun laws and still competes in shooting targets. Difference is they do t run through schools murdering permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ohshit604@lemmy.halstead.host 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) Canada 2026 - Tumbler Ridge school shooting Australia 2024 - Atlantis Beach Baptist College school shooting Germany 2026 - Welfen-Gymnasium school shooting France & Austria 2025 - School shootings 2 hours apart from each other Gun control helps minimize these incidents, sure, buts is certainly not a be all end all solution. Also Canada’s Wes Stevens heads to world shooting championships without a firearm due to countries regulations. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ohshit604@lemmy.halstead.host 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children) Firearms aren’t a social issue, you can’t stop people from camping in forests and using firearms as a tool for wilderness defence or folks who hunt and trap for a profession, not to mention people who live in remote locations where a Walmart is hours away opposed to minutes (I can’t confirm this last point for the US, but this is certainly a Canadian issue). Target shooting is also recognized as an Olympic sport globally, you want to prevent teams from practicing their sport? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lizzzy@feddit.uk 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Every other country has gun laws and still competes in shooting targets. Difference is they do t run through schools murdering permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ohshit604@lemmy.halstead.host 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) Canada 2026 - Tumbler Ridge school shooting Australia 2024 - Atlantis Beach Baptist College school shooting Germany 2026 - Welfen-Gymnasium school shooting France & Austria 2025 - School shootings 2 hours apart from each other Gun control helps minimize these incidents, sure, buts is certainly not a be all end all solution. Also Canada’s Wes Stevens heads to world shooting championships without a firearm due to countries regulations. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lizzzy@feddit.uk 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Every other country has gun laws and still competes in shooting targets. Difference is they do t run through schools murdering permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ohshit604@lemmy.halstead.host 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) Canada 2026 - Tumbler Ridge school shooting Australia 2024 - Atlantis Beach Baptist College school shooting Germany 2026 - Welfen-Gymnasium school shooting France & Austria 2025 - School shootings 2 hours apart from each other Gun control helps minimize these incidents, sure, buts is certainly not a be all end all solution. Also Canada’s Wes Stevens heads to world shooting championships without a firearm due to countries regulations. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ohshit604@lemmy.halstead.host 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) Canada 2026 - Tumbler Ridge school shooting Australia 2024 - Atlantis Beach Baptist College school shooting Germany 2026 - Welfen-Gymnasium school shooting France & Austria 2025 - School shootings 2 hours apart from each other Gun control helps minimize these incidents, sure, buts is certainly not a be all end all solution. Also Canada’s Wes Stevens heads to world shooting championships without a firearm due to countries regulations. permalink fedilink source parent