• ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    22 days ago

    just driving down the street while some dude is getting shot to pieces next to them.

    I mean, unless you can get to your own gun quick enough to save him (which in NYC is doubtful, they’re almost illegal there), you have a better plan than “get yourself to safety?” If you’re in a car driving down a street getting to safety typically means “don’t stop to chat with the gunman.”

    To answer your second question (which I already alluded to), “depends.” In my area I see guns all the time, I carry one myself as a matter of fact and see at least one other person carrying a week (definitely more, most carry concealed like me, but then you don’t know about it.) In NYC, no guns aren’t a common sight, they’re seriously almost illegal in the city, you can’t get a permit don’t even try basically. Upstate it’s a little easier depending on the county, but still more rare than say my area.