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The firearms subreddit is really unhinged (slrpnk.net)

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Running out of reality to blame, they got to make stories.

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[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The UK most definitely recognises a right to self defense.

The law on self-defence allows a person to use reasonable force to defend themselves or another, to protect property, to prevent crime or to apprehend a criminal offender. https://www.stuartmillersolicitors.co.uk/self-defence-laws-guide/

It also has laws covering free speech, and the limitations, such as offensive or hateful language - https://care.org.uk/cause/freedom-of-speech/free-speech-law

section 4 of the Public Order Act 1986 makes it an offence for a person to use “threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviours that causes, or is likely to cause, another person harassment, alarm or distress”. This law also includes language that is deemed to incite “racial and religious hatred” as well as “hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation” and language that “encourages terrorism”.

I'm sure you'd agree in a civilised society there's no need to go around threatening people, or being abusive towards people based on their race, religion, or sexual orientation. After all the US' very foundation was to escape religious persecution!

As for the prevalence of violence in the US vs Switzerland, yeah fair enough. If you can change the underlying culture, good on you! However, a gun will kill a lot of people a lot faster than a car or knife!