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Non-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] bjornsno@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago

None of what you just said is true. Starting here

Just to be clear, walking into a room that has a gun in it doesn't magically make you more likely to get shot.

That's nonsense, obviously there's an increased probability with strict causation between being around guns and getting shot.

If you're in a place where legal gun owners are, and where illegal gun owners are unlikely to be (or at least unlikely to cause problems in)

You seem to be pretending that "good guys with guns deter bad guys with guns". I invite you to provide any source that backs this up. This is an American myth, and from outside it's obvious that the presence of "good guys" with guns just make the criminal elements more likely to arm themselves. It also is increasingly obvious that a very large portion of the self proclaimed good guys are in fact also bad people just itching for an excuse.