The firearm culture in the US doesn't have the same sport first connotations, and the regulations are much weaker leading to a lot more incidents. This leads to people having experience of knowing people involved in such incidents and makes people uncomfortable with the presence of firearms in the home.
To add to this, talk of “self defense” in the US carries a heavy undercurrent of “I want to use my gun to kill somebody I already dislike, with the excuse of self defense”.
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u/ViolentPlatypus 25d ago
The firearm culture in the US doesn't have the same sport first connotations, and the regulations are much weaker leading to a lot more incidents. This leads to people having experience of knowing people involved in such incidents and makes people uncomfortable with the presence of firearms in the home.