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[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 17 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Where I live, in Europe, you CAN own firearms. Long guns pretty easily, as they are considered hunting/sporting guns, including semi-auto assault rifles, albeit, with 3 round magazines. Buying or even 3D printing larger ones is trivial, but it's a felony to have one near the gun (same range/car/house...).

Long gun licenses require a medical, which includes a basic psych eval.

Handguns require a stricter medical, with a more detailed psych eval, and a course which includes gun safety, and legislation, among other things.

Except for some rare exceptions (jewelers, judges, and other people that can objectively be considered a target for assault or retaliation) you cannot carry, open or otherwise, except to go to a range, or hunting ground, and the gun and munitions must be separated; guns in a case in the trunk, with the magazine and munitions in the front of the car.

I don't get why there isn't a reasonable license for guns in the US. There is for cars, no?

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I'm gonna guess there's no significant hurdle to getting a psych eval in your European country. No expensive medical bill, no worrying about time off from work to get it.

We hyperfocussed so much on that "shall not be infringed" part that we managed to give up our health and the best 40 years of our lives to the machine.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Also assuming that mental health care even exists in your state…. Oklahoma doesn’t even have providers to get that expensive evaluation from…

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 4 points 15 hours ago

"reasonable license for cars" lol no. I mean we need a license to drive, but it's so stupidly easy in so many places and you can fail so many times and still get it. We basically test if the person has a pulse before letting them drive. And based on the driving changes I've seen since covid I'm thinking even the pulse has become optional

[–] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 11 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] motruck@lemmy.zip 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Why have I never seen this before. What a great homonym.

[–] ReverendIrreverence@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

From 1999. Not considered a "classic" ST album but still shreds hard.