Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@mikeash" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mikeash</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@dropbear" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dropbear</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@QasimRashid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>QasimRashid</span></a></span> Well, Germany could easily get to that number.</p><p>~ 20M legal guns in civilian possession</p><blockquote><p>40M illegal guns on the black market<br>~20M guns in military andnpolice arsenals...</p></blockquote><ul><li>But yes, Switzerland has even more, cuz until the late 1990s, some Cantons linked Military Service to Voting Rights and people were expected to keep their service rifle at home and vote with their Bajonets...</li></ul><p>Also people really underestimate the numbers in many places.</p><ul><li>It's just that the frequency and severity of any <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AdvancedSuicides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdvancedSuicides</span></a>"</em> aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StochasticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StochasticTerrorism</span></a> are totally unique to the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> as is the nonchalant <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> reaction that literally <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3VQULyT390" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">rewards</a> said actions with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/airtime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>airtime</span></a>!</li></ul>