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Desensitization to guns (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I live in the south and I don’t know a single person who goes to a range ever. I think you are exaggerating.

[–] queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 day ago

I think it's income dependent. Going to a shooting range and just tearing through ammo sounds expensive, and I've never done it, but I've known generational-farmer types who do it on a regular basis. They usually bring friends with them. I don't think most people in the south have been to a shooting range, but it doesn't strike me as terribly uncommon.

I think it's a lot like having a boat. If you know a guy who has a boat, you're much more likely to go boating on the regular, and if you know a someone who has a lot of guns, you're more likely to go shooting with them.

[–] NannerBanner@literature.cafe 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'd say the majority of people in the states don't give a hoot about baseball, but it's still 'America's pastime.'

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Plus, being in the south, why would they go to a range? A friend within an hour probably has property where you could shoot for free.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Yep, not a ton of ranges in the south. Probably 6 in the 200 mile radius of me. They're not that profitable, because everyone has usually land or a friend with land.

[–] hakase@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 day ago

Yeah, we lived outside of town, so we just shot in the backyard.

[–] 3rdXthecharm@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

Live in the north where southerners flee to for jobs (still a shitty Red state) and the range is a regular for gun people. When I had friends that shoot, it was an every or every other weekend thing for the cheap shit, once month take out something nice to shoot that costs a little.