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[–] sobriquet@aussie.zone -1 points 10 months ago (10 children)

What country has a “total” ban on firearms?

[–] Urist@lemmy.ml 16 points 10 months ago (9 children)

Total ban for civilians within population centres, where there is nothing to shoot save people, is totally normal everywhere except Burgerland.

[–] GbyBE@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 10 months ago (6 children)

I wouldn't go as far as saying a total van is totally normal everywhere else, because I don't know many countries with such a ban. I don't know many other countries with concealed or open carry laws, so that's certainly a difference.

Countries like Switzerland and Germany prove that private gun ownership can go hand in hand with regulation and enforcement, and not cause as many casualties as in the US.

[–] Peddlephile@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Japan has pretty strict gun control, don't they?

[–] GbyBE@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago

Yes, and as far as I know so do the UK (even air rifles are rather restricted there) and Singapore. There will undoubtedly be others, but I'd be surprised if that's anywhere near a majority (if you consider strict gun laws to be the ones that make it very hard for people to legally own firearms).

[–] sobriquet@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago

There’s definitely many sane countries that have “strict” gun control. But that’s very different to a “total ban”.

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