Question to those not in the USA, and who have lived outside the USA. - eviltoast

I’ve been thinking about something and want to check an assumption I have. I only hear directly from other people in the USA, and interract with the global community through memes. How are the gun regulations/laws different from yours in terms of strictness, and do you wish there was more or less where you live?

Not looking for a debate here, discuss cold drinks vs hot drinks instead. Appreciate either answer. ❤️

Edit: Thanks for the answers all. I’m super proud how productive eveyone kept this talk. I figured most of you had very different experiences than I. I’ll share my most recent experience. I don’t have a firearm, but have considered it after being trained enough. When sharing this with “normal” people around town, I had multiple people offer to sell or gift me a gun where the serial number was scratched off and non-traceable. I ofter heard, “oh man, yeah. You need a gun.” I have literally never needed one. The fact that people offer to give me one when I don’t have a liscence or training shows the mindset of the minority here and how much of a problem a few individuals can make to safety within the current system.

  • crispy_kilt@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    The service rifles have different settings, single shot, double shot, and full auto.

    Other than that I think semi-automatic is allowed but not fully automatic.

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      For semi-automatic weapons you need a normal (shall issue) permit. Select fire / fully automatic you need a collectors license which is harder to get. Dependent on the canton you need to show a history of collecting firearm/ safe storage and some documentation about that. (They are legally forbidden weapons, which just means you need a permit which is harder to get). Shooting full auto also need an additional permit every time you want to do it.