Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by trasz 1365 days ago
Erm, what? In Europe police shooting random people on streets is unheard of. Same with China.
1 comments
einherjae 1365 days ago
Carrying guns is a lot less common, even among criminals, hence escalation dynamics become easier.

Not really feasible to put the 2. Amendment Pandora’s box back together to get similar logistics in the US I fear.

link
trasz 1364 days ago
I’m not sure it’s just that. Explosives availability isn’t much different (I think), and yet I don’t remember European police bombing a city quarter.
link
einherjae 1360 days ago
As far as i know, explosives are hard to get, excepting fireworks and home made stuff, but even that has some regulation.
link