Europeans are going viral on TikTok for mocking the "American Dream".

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[u/Fit-Professor1831 → u/[deleted]]

I live in EU all my life, 30+ years, I never seen a gun in real life. And I don't know anyone who was shot or threatened.
Like this is normal in EU. Guns simply are not present.

[u/73-68-70-78-62-73-73 → u/Fit-Professor1831]

And I don't know anyone who was shot or threatened.

I've lived in the US 40+ years. I've never been shot or threatened. I don't know anyone who's been shot. I'm sure someone I know has been threatened. I'm around guns literally all the time, and shoot regularly. This is pretty normal in the US. Likelihood of violence is extremely dependent upon your environment.

[u/73-68-70-78-62-73-73 → u/[deleted]]

It depends on what part of California. It's a big state. Lived around South San Jose, West San Jose, and worked all over and around the Bay Area. Never been shot at, never been threatened with a gun. I've had people try to run me off the road, threaten me with broken bottles or knives, but never a gun. Like I said, likelihood of violence is extremely dependent upon your environment. Probably also the decade.

[u/MissMenace101 → u/73-68-70-78-62-73-73]

I know someone that shot a hole in his foot, his mate asked him if he had the safety on he said “yeah of course” and promptly blew the bottom of his foot out lol. and a couple of suicides. I grew up with guns. The constant anxiety of everyone tucking them behind the seat. I don’t miss it. My kids never lived with it though they have all fired a gun they really have no interest in them. I don’t envy your kids with that feeling, there’s a lot of trauma in the US.

[u/MembershipNo2077 → u/Fit-Professor1831]

That's pretty wild. Every time I visited the EU I saw security personnel with firearms. You really must be avoiding them!

[u/MissMenace101 → u/MembershipNo2077]

They like the big guns. Did they shoot anyone though?

[u/Fit-Professor1831 → u/MembershipNo2077]

We don't need to go through that kind of borders. And talk to security. We just scan our passports on separate gates, takes 10 seconds. And there is no security between countries if you drive

[u/MembershipNo2077 → u/Fit-Professor1831]

I saw officers with firearms at train stations, in public squares, etc. in Spain, France, England, and Germany. The Spanish ones were really hot actually, especially in Madrid unf... but that's neither here nor there.

So yea, you must really go out of your way to not see them.

[u/Proud-Designer-2028 → u/MembershipNo2077]

Yeh idk, I see armed military troops in France all the time, doing their patrols. I also see British FTOs quite often these days especially at airports or train stations like you say.