My homies. Because they got my back, and I theirs.

E: Shout out to all the local SRA’s, JBGC’s and anyone and everyone else taking community defense seriously

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    I’m not an american,

    That’s the thing.

    When you call the police in the United States there is a very real chance they’ll kill whoever you call them to punish. And a smaller but nonzero chance they’ll kill you or an innocent third party.

    Not because the police are all inherently evil. But because they’re heavily armed, and policing in a country that’s also heavily armed, and that makes every police encounter more dangerous for everyone than it is in a country with rational gun laws.

    US cops are trained to consider their lives at risk every time they go out on a call, and they are ready and willing to shoot to protect themselves. So if they’re threatened - or they feel threatened - they may shoot instead of de-escalate.

    So before you call the police in the US you have to ask yourself: is whatever just happened - theft, trespassing, vandalism, whatever - worth someone’s life to punish?

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      in a country with rational gun laws

      This kinda sounds like you’rr anti gun rights, which is fair enough considering the crime rate in your country, but if that’s the case I have to dissapoint you, your lawmen got more problems than guns.

      I live in austria and the only requirement here to buy a repeater, bolt-action rifle and double barrel shotgun are:

      • you have to be 18
      • you aren’t on the no guns list
      • you have a secure storage for your gun (like a safe or armored locker)
      • you have to wait 2 weeks