The biggest things are the types of firearm and the "reason" (ie. attitude)
I live somewhere where there are loads of firearms. I come from a country with a firearm-to-person ratio that surprises people
Because firearm crime is vanishingly low
Firearms are tools, not toys. Very few people here think a rifle makes their dick bigger.
Sidearms aren't a thing. If you can get a licence to own one, it's because you're a recognised security professional, a sports handgun shooter (so your firearms are under lock and key at a range accredited appropriately) and you can't get ammunition without the proper protections in place
NO CIVILIAN NEEDS TO OWN A SIDEARM
Obviously, in 'Murica, the genie is out of the bottle, but their problems with violent crime run deeper
Someone is happy with their doo-dad, until someone else has a different (not necessarily better) doo-dad
Someone enjoyed their holiday destination, until they saw someone else's edited and curated holiday destination, and suddenly, what they were perfectly happy with now seems inadequate
I don't gauge my happiness by what other people have, or what they're doing
I've had nothing, and I have been rich. Apart from the security that wealth brings, the "stuff" that people think is important has never mattered to me
I have a motorbike that I got second hand that's almost 20 years old. I bought the first car of my life (I was born in the 1970s) about six months ago, and I got the cheapest car I could find
I'm happy
Not because of what I own, but because of what I value
I pity anyone who is influenced by social media, and if they're of my age, I see them as weak.
It's difficult for kids who have known no different, and they have my sympathy, because I don't know how they're supposed to negotiate these waters, particularly when their pathetic parents can't do any better
The biggest things are the types of firearm and the "reason" (ie. attitude)
I live somewhere where there are loads of firearms. I come from a country with a firearm-to-person ratio that surprises people
Because firearm crime is vanishingly low
Firearms are tools, not toys. Very few people here think a rifle makes their dick bigger.
Sidearms aren't a thing. If you can get a licence to own one, it's because you're a recognised security professional, a sports handgun shooter (so your firearms are under lock and key at a range accredited appropriately) and you can't get ammunition without the proper protections in place
NO CIVILIAN NEEDS TO OWN A SIDEARM
Obviously, in 'Murica, the genie is out of the bottle, but their problems with violent crime run deeper
In my country, a criminal with a knife is subdued with a milk-crate, because life isn't thrown away so quickly He was stopped without further loss of life
I actually dislike firearms, but I acknowledge that they have a role in civilised society
America isn't civilised, and it's a backwards shithole that thinks action movies are documentaries
It's full of people who want to hurt people, and they're obsessed with making sure that they are able to
It's pathetic