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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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[–] VoodooMischief@lemmy.ca 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

All part of the weapons industry plan. The myth that you need guns to be free, that you need guns to revolt, that the world is full of criminals waiting to launch an attack on your home, that global supply chains and regulations that disseminate the food you buy are not to be trusted and you need to drive 4 hours out of your suburbia to go hunting for meat - all an advertising scheme to sell you metal fireworks toys. Not negating their real utility in niche applications but those applications remain just that - niche. Civilized nations don’t need to kowtow to this predatory industry.

[–] potpotato@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Hunters play a key role in deer management programs for forest regeneration, but otherwise, yeah.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

More a key role in tourism and managing deforestation. Natural resource management agencies take care of the difference at the end of the season to prevent starvation regardless of hunter involvement.

We almost hunted them to extinction and our continuous destruction of their habitat and eradication of their predators means they can basically never reach equalibrium again, so it's just a constant risk of over consumption, over population and starvation.

Hunters mostly make a lot of money for the area selling the license, both through fees and the economic activity of the hunters.
Actually letting things get better would involve reintroducing a non-trivial number of wolves, which is largely opposed by farmers and some hunting groups since it would reduce the population of deer.

So they do currently play a key role, but largely because it's something they want and it's generally pretty profitable. It's just treading water though, since no one with power is particularly interested in fixing it.

[–] hamid@crazypeople.online 4 points 7 hours ago

oh goody, a high comment post about guns. I'm sure the white yanquis on lemmy are going to have a really hinged and normal conversation about this

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 16 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Desk guns are for desk pops. When was the last time you did a desk pop?

[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

"Thanks for the F-shack"

Dirty Mike & the Boys

[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago

Summer of ‘08

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 21 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I'm a school bus driver and one of my coworkers is constantly talking about how worried he is that somebody is going to shoot up a school bus instead of a school (I'm not exactly worried about this myself, but a full bus would make a pretty easy target). His proposed solution is that drivers be armed -- he wants to carry his beloved AR-15 with him on the bus. I foolishly engaged him and questioned where he would even mount the fucking thing (it's an assault rifle for those who don't know, the civilian version of the M-16) so he could reach it quickly but the kids couldn't get their hands on it. I keep encouraging him to suggest this to the district superintendent so he gets his ass fired but I don't know if that would actually happen. Our schools already have ex-cops for security and we do fucking active shooter drills with elementary school kids.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago

Unfortunately, he's the type who watches action movies because he wants to imagine himself as the hero,

But not saving lives.

He wants to kill, but be considered righteous for it

It's a sickness, not unique to 'Murica, but definitely more pronounced there

[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Is there AR his only firearm? It’s just such a impractical suggestion to store and secure something that large when you can just conceal carry a handgun.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

I wouldn't figure even that would help. The driver just seems like the obvious first target and wouldn't be given much of a chance to do anything, as them getting shot would probably be the thing that tells the whole bus they are under attack.

[–] YawningNostalgia@thelemmy.club 25 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

When I was in Ireland last summer I accidentally took too much food and didn't want to piss off our hosts (I got nauseated out of where) so I took it back to the room and put it in the drawer in the bedside table and was so worried they would see it while cleaning and think I was stealing by taking too much at breakfast. My companion told me it was okay and that I could explain it away by saying I'm an American and having a bedside sandwich is our culture.

[–] hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 15 hours ago

These Americans! No wonder obesity is rampant among them.

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