'the US is a pretty safe place, it's just these events that happen' is the saddest piece of cognitive dissonance that I've heard come from anybody's lips this week.

@juliaekeklint2428

23 күн бұрын

Oh I reacted the same. Such an internalized sentence. Sweden has seen a increase in gun violence, mostly in the criminal spheres, but it bleeds out into civilian victims AND it is ALL our politicians can talk about, a unanimous problem that the entirety of Sweden wants to solve, and there is not a single political outlier who is PRO gun, or pro violence. That´s even an insane sentence to say, like a fantasy. For someone to be killed with a weapon and shrug it of as inevitable. Removing guns of the streets, equally removes the reason for carrying a gun.

I am German living in Spain. I am 49 yo now and have never came across any shooting in my vecinity. AT my last visit to NY they shot a guy in the street just 100 feet down the street of my hotel and later we came across another crime scene where somebody shot several people. I have seen more gun violence in 10 days in NY than 49 years living and travelling in Europe and Northern Africa.

Gun deaths in the UK - 26 Gun deaths in the USA - 48,830 Those numbers are not "about the same", and can't be explained by the fact that the USA has a higher population. Even just considering the number of gun deaths carried out by police officers (964), US cops are more dangerous than British criminals.

@charlesunderwood6334

Ай бұрын

US has about 5 times the population, so a fair comparison would be 125:49,000

@WienerVL

Ай бұрын

@@charlesunderwood6334 Looks not better for the US!

@macdieter23558

Ай бұрын

@@WienerVL You mean it doesn´t even out???? Mind blasted!!!

@paul1979uk2000

Ай бұрын

@@charlesunderwood6334 Even with the population difference, the numbers are nowhere near the same as other modern countries that guy wanted us to believe in the video.

@charlesunderwood6334

Ай бұрын

@@WienerVL indeed

I find it interesting that the concern about scaring off tourists is greater than the concern about weapons. The USA is one of the last countries I would go on vacation to.

@mellowtopia5376

Ай бұрын

For me it’s de facto THE last option I would consider. And even then I probably wouldn’t go.

@burritoman5567

Ай бұрын

the afganis will welcome you for your stay 😂

@mellowtopia5376

Ай бұрын

@@burritoman5567 A really dumb comment, confirming the stereotype. Congratulations.

@karstenstormiversen4837

Ай бұрын

@@burritoman5567 You mean you compare yourself to a country the US has been bombing into oblivion for the past 20 years or so! Well the US is just above that in living standard for over 60% of the US population!

@LalaDepala_00

Ай бұрын

​@@burritoman5567There are 190+ countries in the world. The U.S. and Afghanistan are two countries. What a useless comment.

Imagine visiting America and getting shot .. and then they try charging you money to remove the fucking bullet 🤦‍♂️

@olgahein4384

Ай бұрын

Imagine, you are high school kid, on student exchange as a guest student or you are on a class trip or graduation trip. And then you get shot in the face, cause you mistook the house of your friend with a trigger happy neighbors house (cause, suburb houses), or you are on a dare and doing parkours jumps on other peoples houses, cause that's not a problem in your home coutnry and one house owner sees you. Happened to a japanese student and a german student. Both got sent back home to their parents in a casket. And that was when gun violence was by far not at the level that it is today and school shootings were still something people got upset about, cause it happened less than once a month.

@dyto2287

Ай бұрын

Actually your tourist insurance is pretty cheap and will cover everything. Healthcare in US is expensive for US citizens only. 😅

@ellefitzpatrick6339

Ай бұрын

@@dyto2287means nothing if you’re dead.

@Kloetenhenne

Ай бұрын

​@@dyto2287what do you need health care for in a casket?

I am from Germany,, visited USA multiple times in the 90s and early 2000s. Now being a Dad, having 2 kids, I would not visit USA anymorre because of gun violence, cop violence and political environment in general. Too many extremes.

@alterbayer7196

Ай бұрын

...same her from an old German: My dream was always to visit america ... 4 weeks ... 6 weeks, 2 month or more ..... ..to explore the stunning nature in americas national-parks and mountains ...... but since i had learned all about americans gun-cuture ( gun-cult ) and Deaths by shootings, the horrific shool-shootings, mass-shootings .......................................... than .. this corrupt and out of control Cops ( like our german Gestapo in the 1930 ...) .......... I NEVER will visit america !!!!!!!! NEVER !!!!!!!!!!! Grüssle von einem alten Bayern

@user-dg7qb4rx2e

Ай бұрын

The funny thing is American's feel the same way about visiting Europe. Constantly hearing about stabbings and rape gangs makes American's think that's all Europe does these days.

@tsurutom

Ай бұрын

Total violent crime rate in the US and Germany are exactly the same. So unless you're also constantly worried when going outside in your own neighborhood, you're being completely unreasonable. Cheers from another German.

@andreadee1567

Ай бұрын

@@tsurutom Crime rates in the US are much higher than in Germany.

@dhtran681

Ай бұрын

@@tsurutom Google tells me something else about "Total violent crime rate in the US and Germany." Refering to "world population review" Germany safety index is 62.0 while the US has only 50.8 Not only the (rate) chance of being a victim of crime is higher in the US, But the chance of being a dead victim is significant higher aswell. (Check: "Gun Deaths by country" or "Firearms homicide ranking").

Its not that international travellers MIGHT think twice, they DO think twice, unless they've got a death wish! 🇦🇺

The funny thing is, all americans expect us to want to live there and what not. I don't say it's the worst place on earth, but i would prefer Canada any day!

@areki3852

Ай бұрын

Canada has, afaik, the same amount of weapons in relation to the population.

@elnegra6542

Ай бұрын

you're free to leave

@Alexander-ek7ws

Ай бұрын

@@areki3852 I know the video is about weapons, but of course it's not the only reason why i prefer Canada.

@Alexander-ek7ws

Ай бұрын

​@@elnegra6542 My european passport is ready! 🧐

@MrSinclairn

Ай бұрын

@@areki3852 That most likely,but Canada doesn't have a 'free-for-all' gun culture like its southern neighbour,plus if you watched the vid at the start,Canada was one of the main 7 countries with the travel advisory ! 😐

Hi JPS. I don't think Europeans are scared to visit the US, I think most Europeans just don't want to visit the US. Its shine has worn off and the constant mass shootings are the final nail in the coffin. Love your channel mate.

@Facetterdk

Ай бұрын

Well, I do not know where you get your information from, but the statement that "most Europeans" do not want to go to America is not true. I just came back from New York and the place was packed with Europeans from all corners of the continent. They seemed to enjoy themselves tremendously. In the summer of 22 I spent a month in the US, and it was the same picture.

@mchristhomas

Ай бұрын

@@Facetterdk if you're seriously suggesting more than half of the 764m Europeans want to visit the US, you are delusional or merely stupid.

@klaus2t703

Ай бұрын

For me speaking: I don´t want to go to the US and I don´t want my children to visit the US. Mainly because of safety. I can only speak about the average rate. I´m aware there are regions in the US that are more afe than other regions. Would I go to Ukraine now? No. Because of war it is unsafe. (Not so fun) fact: The killing rate of civilians in the Ukraine currently (during war!!!) is about half of the US killing rate!!! And annually 1100 people killed by US cops (about 55% illegally) ... also is what worries me. In my country the cops are considered the "good ones" where you can go when you feel unsafe. As a tourist pulled over by a cop with drawn gun .. you make a wrong move because you are not familiar with the habits... Who knows what happens. I don´t want to test it.

@klaus2t703

Ай бұрын

@@Facetterdk "most" means "more than 50%". So you met 50% of the Europeans? I doubt it. I don´t doubt that there are Europeans travelling to the US... but "most"??? It´s a point of view: You can do a survy how many people are vegans. If you do this in front of a vegan restaurant ... you will get a much higher rate than the average. If you travel ... you will probably see a lot of tourists at the airport, hotels, on a sightseeing tour/place... but this is not the average.

@WookieWarriorz

Ай бұрын

​@@Facetterdki know 2 europeans moved to the usa. One killed himself, one was stabbed in new york snd went home.

For me it's not that you have guns over there, it's how willing Americans seem to use them. Any social media video of a fight or some fairly mild altercation will have comments from Americans saying they would have pulled their gun. Unfortunately looking at the statistics they aren't lying.

@culyc

Ай бұрын

this is my main reason not to go there

The fact that a shooting in America is seen as a shooting only if MORE THAN 4 PEOPLE DIED in that shooting is terrifying in itself! Imagine how the numbers look like if you count every shooting with victim numbers below that! I live in Germany for 62 years now, and outside my military service time I never saw the need for a weapon!

@WookieWarriorz

Ай бұрын

The numbers are basically 40k deaths due to guns every year in the usa. Compared to 30 per year in the uk. Google 65 cities murder rates cba usa. They have over 65 cities in the usa with murder rates from 15-65 per 100,000 people. In london england this is 12 per MILLION. The safest American cities have literally 10x the homicides of LONDON

"Florida, right now, is killing it on tourism". Unfortunate choice of words...

@zoolkhan

Ай бұрын

i appreciate the honesty though.

@hellemarc4767

Ай бұрын

I wonder if they noticed. xD

@listey

Ай бұрын

"This message is approved by Tourism Florida."

@johan.ohgren

Ай бұрын

Nah, perfect choice of words..

Australian here, I’ve often thought that there are certain places in America I’d like to visit, but would I feel safe? Not especially. I understand you have to take news headlines with a pinch of salt, but it speaks volumes that I’m 31 years old now and can remember being a small child and hearing about Columbine, 9/11, mass shootings etc. and grew up thinking “Damn, that place is not safe” - school’s hard enough without having to worry about the possibility of never coming home. Australia is not without it’s problems or crimes, there are still stabbings and murders happening here, but I think the average person feels pretty safe knowing that the chances of being a victim to gun crime is very low.

I am British, a former member of our Armed Services. I have traveled to the US on many occasions both with the Forces and as a Civilian. Do I feel safe: Yes, because my head is on a swivel and I am aware of potential risks (The advantage of my training) Do I feel relaxed: Hell no, my head is on a swivel and I am always aware of potential risks.

@charlesunderwood6334

Ай бұрын

I have felt safer in dark alleyways in London, Marrakech and Antananarivo that in broad daylight in LA or Dallas.

@Arltratlo

Ай бұрын

German vet here, same feelings...i will never go back, i rather drive with a bicycle thru Paris in the rush hour!

@TheJimprez

Ай бұрын

I'm a Canadian vet. USED to travel to Florida in winter, visit the Western States when I was posted out West, but that was in the 80s and 90s. Now, I'd rather go ANYWHERE but the US. I spend my winters in Cuba, because it's SAFE for tourists, cheap, AND no Americans to party like they own the place, yell out loud at 4am how they are NUMBER ONE! or start fights by claiming everything is better "back home " and how "backwards" everybody else is... PS: most Americans I met in the military were alright though... Not all bright lightbulbs, but they have a HUGE amount of troops, so can't be as picky as ours...

@CBOANDALUCIA

Ай бұрын

​@@TheJimprezI lives near a naval base that's shared with the US. Believe me, a lot of good people, but also a lot of really dumb and scary freaks, them and their families. Oh, the memories...

@Trollsoul946

Ай бұрын

Yeah, you are bulletproof because of your training

I'm Dutch, and I wouldnt feel safe in the USA. It's the main reason for why I don't want to visit. I don't trust it very much, with the guns and so on. If I want to go on holiday, I never really consider the USA. It's not a desirable place to go to for me given the alternatives. Sad to say, really. Would have liked to say something more positive. I think the USA has beautiful nature, though. That would be the main argument that would tempt me to go, but definitely not the cities.

@dianacasey6002

Ай бұрын

Probably silly to say but NY is really worth visiting. I know Europe has all the museums and art galleries. NY has this too. Grand Central Park is amazing. I was never a great fan of US but I decided to go to NY and I loved every minute of it. I’m really glad I went. Must admit the food and coffee not so good.

@raystewart3648

Ай бұрын

@@dianacasey6002 To dam expensive. A Hot Dog cost me $9 for goodness sake and a beer on a sky garden a nice $16. Also not many Museums are free.

@JC130676

Ай бұрын

Same here. Religious fanatics, violent political differences, racism, high crime rates, huge numbers of guns, trigger-happy cops... no thanks. I'd rather go to Ukraine because there at least I _know_ where the danger will be coming from. And why would I _want_ to go to the USA? Sure, there's beautiful nature, but there's plenty of that in Europe which I haven't seen yet. Sorry USA, but I have neither the need nor the desire to ever visit.

@dillon17

Ай бұрын

@@dianacasey6002 Its wayyy to expensive tho. Most museums in the USA are not free like europe. And god damn, I went there, all I wanted was a hotdog, some fries and a beer and it costed me like 25$ just for 3 items.. Its so overpriced.

@dianacasey6002

Ай бұрын

@@dillon17 I went on all the free walking tours and did did self catering 100.00 a day sometimes less had a great time met some great ppl. Maybe I just picked the sweet spot.

When my sister went to America to visit friends, I barely slept. I was terrified that she would be killed. When she went to Zimbabwe, I slept well.

@vaazig

Ай бұрын

My wife is mixed Zimbabwean. I've been many times and always felt safe. I've also felt safe in Jordan, Egypt, Qatar and Morocco. 😅

@CBOANDALUCIA

Ай бұрын

My sis worked more than a month in a city in the Midwest there in USA. She was the one that didn't sleep bc the shootings every nigth. Funny thing, her company try to find the most secure neigtboor they could find then. She refused to been transfered there. P d. She also worked in Africa (Kenia, Ethiopia), etc., and she felt better there.

For me as a german the fact that basically anyone could carry a gun is scary. it seems eveyone is so triggerhappy. Few years ago, there was a report about a german exchange student who entered someone elses property and got shot. So basically any kind of trouble could end in you getting shot if the person on the other side is equally scared or just crazy.

My perception of the US is that it is 300 years behind the rest of the world.

@carlgrove8793

Ай бұрын

With the possible exception of Afghanistan under the Taliban.

@alexysq2660

Ай бұрын

@@carlgrove8793 Actually, THAT might be somewhat closer to *3000* years behind....

@zoolkhan

Ай бұрын

@@alexysq2660 the funny thing is - in times when their prophed mohamme was alive, they were better educated and had a proper civillisation going in the middle east, sciences and no taleban or headscarfbullshit. There is a reason why we use their number system and not the roman one. they once were closer to civillisation than they are now.

@alexysq2660

Ай бұрын

@@zoolkhan Absolutely: so very true, sadly enough 😞.... ~🩷

@davidstewart9701

Ай бұрын

They are still teenagers playing cowboys and Indians!

My son visited the US and he stayed at a Days Inn place and was woken with police banging on the door brandishing guns ! they said oh sorry we are looking for an intruder .. He cut his stay and came home as he felt terrified ..

@listey

Ай бұрын

In the US the police are given guns before they're given brains. It's brutal.

@cegesh1459

23 күн бұрын

​@@listey That's police in general. At least the dogs are trained in other countries.

This will be a hard pill to swallow for many Americans. The fact that the US could elect Trump is scary for Europoeans................this is beyond their comprehension......

@jackychamber534

Ай бұрын

yes 👍 I agree, that is really scary. 👀

@Muncles

Ай бұрын

Stop lying. Its just the left that is scared of Trump. Same as in the US.

@marfel7613

Ай бұрын

It is completely beyond my imagination how a "modern" country can only have the choice between Trump or Biden. That's more than creepy.

@alpey8487

Ай бұрын

Is it more scary than what they have with Biden? Hes just a skeleton that they wheel out so who is actually running the country because it isn't him. Was Trump any different to the Leaders we have during the populist movement i would say not. The only diference was he wasnt a politician so wasnt polished with what he said which to be honest i prefer. Do i like him as a leader not particularly but he actually didnt really do anything that mental in fact he bought more peace to the middle east than most presidents with the abraham accords and Russia invaded ukraine under biden and obama so who was softer trump or them? He wanted to build the wall which was ridiculed globally hes now been proven right with a million illegal immigrants going across a month. Im English so i've got no dog in the fight but what actually did he do policy wise that was so bad compared to any other politician over the last 15 years? Most europeans can't tell you as they actually dont have a clue

@user-gq8rw6hf9v

Ай бұрын

Im french and i am not scared at all, i want Trump back he will bring peace And america needs a right wing turn because you have no more border

When I was younger and still in that "Everything American is cool" phase that so many young people go through, I would visit as often as funds would allow. But now I'm older, there are five main reasons why the US no longer features on my list of holiday destinations: 1. It's not actually as "cool" as I used to think it was. 2. Gun culture. 3. Tipping culture. It's out of control, and I don't want any part of it. 4. Everything used to be so cheap, but now it's just ridiculously expensive. 5. SOME of you voted Donald Trump as your president. Just my personal opinions, but I wouldn't mind betting that many others share at least some of those opinions. I should add that I occasionally still have to visit for work, so not by choice.

@mikeantonio3163

Ай бұрын

Trump or Biden. It's ridiculous.

I was invited to the U.S from my family side. Went to Greece instead 😊

Visited Canada several times. Great country, but I wouldn't dream of setting foot over the border into the USA. I only travel to safe civilised countries.

@listey

Ай бұрын

Canada is awesome. One of the best countries I have visited.

As an white European I would not be afraid of my security in the US. But considering the idea that guns are everywhere, mental patients are on the streets, most of the political power is handed over to the NRA and corporations, I find the US not a place I would like to visit. I wouldn't trust the food security, wouldn't like the car-based living etc. But at the same time I know there would be plenty of marvellous places to visit. And surely most people would be very nice and friendly, but I would be wondering what is their political religion because it seems to me that politics in the US is a religion nowadays.

@alexysq2660

Ай бұрын

Very much as well as the fact that many m a n y ( US ) Americans truly ARE utterly fanatical about their actual ¨religious¨ beliefs and practices, to a degree which might at least completely astound - if not altogether shock - most Europeans. And *those* Americans tend to lean rather heavily to ¨the right¨ in their political viewpoints....

@joepss7946

Ай бұрын

I don't see what your skin colour has to do with it ..

@alexysq2660

Ай бұрын

@@joepss7946 Perhaps something to do with being protected to a great degree by ¨white privilege¨...? It does though seem a bit jarringly un-necessary as part of the narrative.

@lucylane7397

Ай бұрын

@@alexysq2660in the uk religion is a private thing and doesn’t really affect everyday life I don’t even know one religious person in the uk she hasn’t came from another country/ culture

@alexysq2660

Ай бұрын

@@lucylane7397 Oh yes, i do know, love: i am British actually 😊, although i did for a few years reside in NYC; that is, until doing so became even more expensive than living in London 🤨, which is partly how it is that i´m aware of - and somewhat familiar with - the ¨mega-ultra religiosity" of quite a good many ( US ) Americans, *and* their often most exceedingly public display-and-profession thereof, certainly quite different to our own way of doing, or going about, things ( here ) in the UK. In the States, the ¨culture¨ is in soooo many ways really rather foreign to ours, and to us... ~🩷

Who needs a vacation were you have to look over your shoulder all the time?

@user-wy4vn1rj8y

Ай бұрын

At least you dont have to worry about not having anything to do

It's not just the guns, it's your health care. If I was on holiday and broke an ankle in the US how much would that cost me? Also the food ain't much to shout about either. Plus why would I even consider the US when Portugal, spain, Germany, Holland, Poland, Morocco are just a stones throw from the UK.

@UtamagUta

Ай бұрын

European international health card covers healthcare, at least a fraction of it

@CBOANDALUCIA

Ай бұрын

​@@UtamagUtaNot in the USA, I think.

@Facetterdk

Ай бұрын

Health care??? Do you not have insurance in the UK that covers health expeces when you go abroad?? Health care systems are really just for a country's own citizens. It's the same if a I go to England from Denmark. I need my insurance card. And have fun in these other places you'd rather go to, but in Spain and Holland they are not keen on British tourists whom they consider rude, drunk and noisy. I know that last summer Amsterdam made a "stay away" campaing aimed at British tourists who went to smoke weed. y"

@MrsLynB

Ай бұрын

@@FacetterdkI’m not a big fan of Spain tbh but I would imagine most of the tourism to Spain is Brits. Holland well with weed available everywhere they will get those that are pot heads & regular weed users. As well as the red light district enticing young lads & girls.

@MariaMedina-lj4kt

Ай бұрын

Health care would definitely be my major concern. I visited USA twice around 10 years ago (one year apart), and my main concern was to subscribe health care insurance (for travel purposes). I was covered up to 25.000 US dollars each time and I thought that it would just cover small injuries and lesser health problems, so I was always very aware of my footsteps, trying not to have any accident. As for terrorist attacks, well, I think Europe has become a liability for the last 15-20 years, with the rise of the islamic fundamentalists trying to undermine our way of life.

i wouldnt step foot on american soil. its not safe (im from uk). its not just criminals either as your police are not trained properly and are all trigger happy. i cant imagine what its like to have guns pulled on you for a traffic stop

@raystewart3648

Ай бұрын

What is it, 6 weeks of training or something like that for US Police?

@surfaceten510n

Ай бұрын

Pinning a badge on a police officer is akin to pinning a tail on a Donkey.

@NataliaAcquaroli

Ай бұрын

A 20 year old from NZ, got shot and killed by a cop in USA, he rung 911, because he was lost and he panicked, the police came, with gun pointing at him, he panicked and wouldn’t get out of the car, so he was shot dead. Terrible story. I’m a mum of two young men, and I will be terrified if the want to go to USA, they both went to South American, with no problems, and I reckon it’s safer.

@user-wy4vn1rj8y

Ай бұрын

And from a european Standpoint the UK is'nt the safest as well but i would much rather spend my whole life there. Coming from Germany

As an Australian I can confirm, announcing to people the last couple of weeks I was going to go NYC for another month the response I’ve received from 99% of people is, “are you stupid? You’re going to be shot”

@dianacasey6002

Ай бұрын

NY is amazing pay no attention I am a little old lady traveled everyday in subway never felt scared there are amazing things to do. Go on free walking tours best thing ever. Yeah food not so great. But museums art galleries on another level. Two great things Native American Museum and if you go to Metropolitan Museum you can visit the Cloisters for free OMG so beautiful.

@booradley0x0

Ай бұрын

Dude!! Most of my friends said this to me!! Terrifying visit, couldn’t be happier to fly home. Felt like a huge waste of money

@thefub101

Ай бұрын

Don’t go to Bondi then 😂 too soon?

@bernadettelanders7306

Ай бұрын

@@thefub101 One very bad and sad stabbing of many in how many years compared to American shootings? And I’ll never ever understand how people laugh when it’s about people dying - that’s very disrespectful and disgusting.

@listey

Ай бұрын

@@bernadettelanders7306 just report the comment and move on. It's really not worth it.

I’m Australian and I will not ever visit the US. I didn’t get one night of sleep when my daughter toured and was relieved when she came home. When she toured Europe and the UK I felt ok.

It is offputting for me. I don't understand how anyone from Europe goes to live there, especially people with children. School shootings are terrifying. We have had one school shooting in the UK, and it changed firearms legislation forever.

@listey

Ай бұрын

Yep I remember it well. I think it was in 1995/1996ish? I was hanging out with a friend who had family friends with kids at that school and the house was frantic as they were trying to get more information on it. We were probably only just old enough to comprehend what had happened and it was such an awful day. But even afterwards I don't remember ever feeling unsafe when going to school in the UK and I can't imagine what it must be like for the American kids.

@ChristiaanHW

Ай бұрын

money, in certain jobs you're able to make a lot more money in the US than anywhere in Europe. for some people that money is worth all the trouble and dangers that come with living in the US. and of course they think they will never end up in a hospital with mountains of debt, so they think they will become millionaires and become part of the 1%. pay may be less in Europe but the safety, welfare and way of life make more than up for that (at least for me).

@catgladwell5684

Ай бұрын

@@ChristiaanHW for me too.

Conversely, i play online videogames and use discord. I talk to all kinds of people and a lot are Americans. I live in the Netherlands. What baffled me is that their view, at least with some, is that Europe is unsafe because of the lack of freedom to carry. They watch locked up abroad, or hear a lot dont have AC and think we are in the dark ages. Totally bewildering to me.

Greetings from Germany!✌️ I won't visit the US, even if I get it as a present. And my colleague's daughter spent her year abroad in Canada because her mother didn't want to send her to a school in the USA. She was too afraid of it.

Seeing civilians carrying guns (and the thought of them carrying concealed weapons) would scare the bejeezus out of me. To most Europeans this is an alien concept. We aren't even allowed to carry pepperspray. Guns are for police and army, they have the monopoly on violence and carrying and using guns/weapons.

@elnegra6542

Ай бұрын

You do realise you can get guns in any country, the gun laws just make it so you can't just walk into a supermarket and buy one

@charlesunderwood6334

Ай бұрын

@@elnegra6542 Most European countries allow guns IF YOU NEED THEM AND STORE THEM CORRECTLY, and as no-one needs a gun designed only to kill people, handguns and automatic weapons are largely banned.

@TheMetalChef38

Ай бұрын

@@elnegra6542 Of course. But you can't carry one. Who would have a gun in the Netherlands anyway? Maybe for sports, hunting, law enforcement...

@xSandamx

Ай бұрын

Well for example in Lithuania gun laws are not that restricted. you can carry pistols for self defense. and police can't deny you right to own a gun unless you are unfit medically or have had jail sentence for 3 or more years.

Perhaps you should read the travel advice for the USA from the Federal Foreign Office in Germany. "In the USA, it is easy to get hold of weapons, which means that firearms are used more frequently and, in some cases, guns run amok. The number of gun and ammunition purchases has increased considerably in recent times."

as a German/Turkish and female Muslim i am scared of America

@TheJimprez

Ай бұрын

I work i Québec city in an old age home. 6 out of ten people that work there are Muslim, and NOBODY gives a shiat. It's mostly retired catholic nuns that live there, and I haven't witnessed a single racist or bigoted incident yet... Pretty nice to see....

@sn0wfa11s

Ай бұрын

Dutch/Turkish female muslim her too🙌 and I completely understand

Another thing i can not understand is the 2nd amendment, the right to bear arms ... that piece of paper was written when the country was different it was the wild west, and now its different things need to change. That's what most people can't understand

@Anthyrion

Ай бұрын

The gun selling industry in the US is gigantic and has a big influence in the US Politics. It's like, when you bring up Speedlimits on every Autobahn in Germany. When there is a fatal car accident because of one of the cars had to much speed, a speedlimit is discussed for a few weeks, but also forgotten real fast

@terencewelch9800

Ай бұрын

@Anthyrion yeah I know, but a manufacturer shouldn't have any say in politics, but we all know that it's down to money and who can be bribed until then nothing will change the NRA needs to be brought down and bribery needs to stop they critise china,Russia etc buy its worse in america

@MrCoxy38

Ай бұрын

In England, we have rights akin to the Second Amendment, but it's not widely recognized that this amendment actually stems from the British Bill of Rights of 1689. As stated on Parliament's website, this bill is still in effect and has been affirmed by the Supreme Court as inviolable. Despite this, it's uncommon to see British people openly carrying firearms. In fact, we can legally own firearms that are not permitted for ownership in America.

@terencewelch9800

Ай бұрын

@MrCoxy38 Yes, we can, but it's harder to own a gun ie:medical reports,police etc,You can't buy a gun in a grocery store but in america you can with very little checks it's ridiculous

@listey

Ай бұрын

@@Anthyrion this is the dumbest argument ever. Big pharma also have too much influence in the US and that contributes massively to mental health issues. I remember seeing an interview with a US politician and he said his number 1 priority was to get re-elected. Get re-elected and do what though?! If they're in the hotseat and their number 1 priority isn't to improve society then it's further proof that it's a messed-up country.

What bothers me is that from what I read, it looks like Trump could be the next President. Even if he ends up with a criminal record he can still be President. People will still vote for him. Sadly that tells me a lot about many Americans.

@whitecompany18

Ай бұрын

Sadly some people don't see the current President SHOULD have a criminal record.

@raydafuq3570

Ай бұрын

Don't act like other countries don't have criminals in their government. In Germany we have multiple politicians that faked their Doctor degree but still are allowed to act like they have it. Stop hating on Trump because it's what the main stream tells you to do.

@ChristiaanHW

Ай бұрын

@@whitecompany18 you're right Biden made some mistakes to, that should have him banned from running for president. add to that his memory problems and i'm stunned that he is one of the candidates for the next election. to me it's like having to choose between a kick in the balls or a kick to your head. you don't want either but somehow you have to choose one of them. and that's one of the things that is wrong with the US, how in the hell do they manage to find this type of candidates and think "he one of them should become our leader for the next 4 years"

@CBOANDALUCIA

Ай бұрын

​@@whitecompany18Should or not, he don't have the current judicial career than Trump. And Trump had state secret documents in his house like it was souvenirs. That's insane, in all ways unsafe and a crime. Period.

@jalifritz8033

Ай бұрын

@@whitecompany18Biden didn’t try to overthrow an election

The two chief factors which my kids and I took into consideration when I decided not to extend my contract in the US beyond its initial six years were the safety of my kids at school, and the stress I felt having to deal with so many juvenile gunshot victims at the hospital where I worked.

@TheJimprez

Ай бұрын

I worked Admin in a REALLY busy trauma emergency in Quebec city (120 beds). In 3 years, I saw ONE gunshot wound, and it was accidental while cleaning a hunting rifle. The rest, were regular trauma... Car accidents, work mishaps, and the worst by FAR, was the yearly junior downhill ski competition in Mt. Ste-Anne. THAT was filled with kids that broke their backs, necks, legs, etc... Even in 5 years in the Canadian forces, I only witnessed 2 gunshot wounds. And we are 5 feet away from the USA, go figure...

I have an American wife and we live in Denmark (Europe) I have been in NY ……. And that’s not safe. I have been in Louisiana to see the family, and we didn’t go to see any tourist thing because of crime. Sad but true 😢

@gdok6088

Ай бұрын

I remember going to New Orleans. It's a beautiful place, but it was then the murder capital of the USA. You could smell the danger. I nearly got mugged on thee main street in broad daylight. A guy spotted me taking a photo of the street scene. As I lowered my camera I could see his eyes were locked onto me. He crossed to my side of the street and started pursuing me. I got to the foyer of my hotel, The Royal Sonesta on Bourbon Street with its doormen and went straight inside. If it wasn't for that I think he would have tried to scare me into turning into a side street to get away. As a local said to me afterwards, "Good job you didn't do that - go off the main drag and day can turn to night very, very fast."

@reinhard8053

Ай бұрын

@@gdok6088 I visited many big cities in Europe and sometimes went at night, too, often with camera and obviously a tourist. I never had any bad feelings or even happenings. It isn't something I would think about here. There are occasional news reports but rarely. I don't know anybody getting into such a situation. The other thing is guns in some personal disputes not intended crimes. I don't know anybody owning a weapon and I would never assume anybody to carry one. It's just not a thing here apart from hunting.

@gdok6088

Ай бұрын

@@reinhard8053 My experience is exactly the same in Europe. I live in the UK and have never known anyone owning a weapon or carrying a weapon in all my 65 years.

@durabelle

Ай бұрын

As a Finn I've known at least three people owning hunting rifles, but even those have to be stored securely, and hunting is only allowed at specific times in specific areas with a license. Never known anyone with a handgun, at least to my knowledge.

@Facetterdk

Ай бұрын

What do you mean by "NY" is not safe? I've been there many times, and it is totally safe as long as you take the same precautions you would take in any big city in the Western World. Check the statistics. NY is not dangerous.

2:21 I was especially concerned after hearing Anti-Asian violence and violence against queer people in their safe spaces.

@Plantoffel

Ай бұрын

Or anywhere tbh, (as someone who lives in Germany, so I can’t say exactly how it is, but I think I have an general idea of how it is) the US became a country, where you’re so free, you can’t be who you want, because you can get harassed and maybe even killed for your believes!

I'm from Germany. In the 1990s I was in my 20s and I stayed two and a half years in El Paso, TX. I never felt unsecure or something like that, even with the facts of El Paso beeing one of the most dangerous places in the US and a drive-by-shooting taken place Downtown while I was in town. Over 20 years older, in 2015, I did a Route 66 road trip from LA to Chicago. The last night prior to the flight home I stayed in a hotel, which happened to be in South Chicago. US citzens will be aware of the fact, that this area was the one with the most shootings or something along that line during that time (maybe it still is, I don't know) Unfortunatedly I didn't know that until I got there and got a safety instruction on check in at the hotel. "Dont go outside if you don't have to; and if you do, don't look like a tourist" and so on. In the night I heard loud shoutings in the hallway and I got so frightened that I barricaded my door 🙂 I actually blame my different feelings and thoughts during this two times in the US on my ages. In your 20s you don't really care about abstract dangerous situations. You are just invulnerable, aren't you? In your 40s it is a whole new ball game. Cheers from Germany and stay safe

@thomaskaminski5611

Ай бұрын

It's also not the same USA from 20 years ago.

@gdok6088

Ай бұрын

I watched a video of some night time footage from an area looking down on downtown Chicago at night. There were volleys of gunfire that you could hear with some mini-explosions lighting up the sky. Even more alarmingly, the video was being recorded by two police patrol officers who apparently regarded these gang gunfights as too dangerous for them to attempt any intervention.

@blue27777

Ай бұрын

fast forward to 2024 in the same neighborhood you stayed at....a whole lot more crime and shootings. scary shit. your better off in Germany

Even though I have relatives in the US I certainly can't see myself ever visiting there. There is something insanely wrong with a country that can't control the access of lethal weapons to possibly deranged persons, and where the right of citizens to carry 18th century guns is regarded as justification for allowing them access to high tech military assault rifles and is deemed more important than the lives of its children.

It's not the gun violence that puts me off (though it is a consideration) but the rise of MAGA, white nationalism and ultra right wing extremism that makes not willing to go there today. What happened to freedom loving Americans?

@PpVolto

Ай бұрын

Yeah i think what we can observe, not only in the USA, is that many Countries are in a State that is like the later years of the Weimarer Republic.

@vaazig

Ай бұрын

What? Land of the free? Whoever told you that is your enemy!

"I feel so safe here" Jps visiting Germany

I’m from Germany. When I was eleven we went there for three weeks and it was magic. We met so many different people and all of them were super nice, hospitable and welcoming. If I get the chance to visit again, I would take it without a doubt. I have a fifteen year old son and he wants to go on a year long student exchange somewhere in the world. I wouldn’t let him do it in the USA. Liebe Grüße

I am German. I have postponed my visit to the US because of the gun Violence. No offense, but the fact that's a man Who instigated a raid on the Congress building can run for presidency irritates me just as much. I am sure the American people will overcome this.

I was in Los Angeles, oh my gosh never again. I was liveing in Howthorn, oh I was so scarred. Shooting each Day . And everywere you see homeless and ask for food . I felt so sorry. I saw Mothers wlith kids sitting on the sidewalk near a shopping center and baggen . My heart felt so sadness over in la I never more want ever see that. Shock about the American Dreams. No Dreams the Hell .

@mettesrensen6116

Ай бұрын

I´ve heard some US politicians saying if you want to live the American dream MOVE TO EUROPE

I’m a person of color living in Canada. Since Donald Trump, I’ve written off visiting the US. Too many strikes against me in their eyes.

@TheJimprez

Ай бұрын

We have a few bigots too, but no more than any other sane country. Sorry about that, every place has a certain ratio of bad people. The trick is in NOT allowing it to get out of hands... I hope you don't meet too many... Cheers, have a great life. PS: There are better places than Toronto to live for newcomers. Just saying!

In the early 2000s I visited the US twice. I'm sad to say, I wouldn't visit there now. I have a friend in the US that lives in Portland, Oregon and that city alone, of just a couple of million citizens, last year had something crazy like 4x the number of shooting deaths than the entire UK. My friend locks himself in his apartment and has is own guns near to him at all times in case any intruders break in which did happen a couple of years ago. My friend was in his apartment when two intruders broke his door down and entered his apartment. He shot one dead and then held the other at gun point until the cops arrived. Who wants to visit somewhere like that? As someone who was born and has lived almost all their life out in the small towns and quiet villages of the Lincolnshire countryside, I won't even visit cesspit London because of the amount of crime and violence let alone visit the US.

I am german, lived 20+ years in the US. As European I was at first oblivious to how dangerous places in the US are. But I is bad, really bad. I had to deal with my kid's school being in lockdown because of a shooting too. But it is not just gun violence, the crime level overall is high. It is not safe in the US. Some States are better than others, sure, but I am glad to have returned to Europe.

I’m half American half Austrian and lived in both countries. I held a presentation about guns and gun laws in Europe and they were stunned. It’s unbelievable how bearing weapons is a legal right within the US. More guns than people.

Why should I - as a European - visit the USA? Your cities are all similarly unremarkable (not to say ugly), and we have all your landscape features here too. Ok, the people are said to be nicer, but man, I'd be nice too with anyone if I knew they could carry a gun!

@pavelmacek282

Ай бұрын

let´s be real, the US cities are not all similarly unremarkable and we don´t have all the ladscape in Europe...

@zoolkhan

Ай бұрын

@@pavelmacek282 true european cities are generally nicer for a multitude of reasons - historic architecture, not just square blocks - no need for rental cars to get around - less carcinogens in the foods ---- What landscape are you missing in europe? grand canyon? yeah... thats a point for them. I will find a foto on the web.

@Kari.F.

Ай бұрын

​@@pavelmacek282We definitely don't have landscape features similar to what they have in their national parks. We have gorgeous natural areas here, too, but theirs are very, very different from ours.

@Badosureinhardt

Ай бұрын

@@pavelmacek282 I'm not from North America or Europe, lets be real, as long as I'd love to visit European cities it's facetious to say that the US does not have remarkable places to visit, although I'd very much care about visiting the grand canyon, appalachian mountains or the northeast than any city in the US. It's also not a big deal for tourism, the places you'd see rampant crime in the US are places you'd never visit anyway.

@klaus2t703

Ай бұрын

@@pavelmacek282 All the beautiful landscape does not count (at least for me) when you go the risk for trespassing ... with the fear of owners get crazy. This is so different in Europe, where you can walk, bike almost everywhere. You may visit abandoned beautiful lakes and mountains, no fear, no tourists, just relaxing and enjoing the nature.

Last year a German TV show showed how the German TV star (multimillionaire) of the show visited luxury properties in Florida. Suddenly shots were heard, the TV star asked the real estate agent in surprise whether they were shots and the agent confirmed this. He pointed in a direction and said that they should get out of here, very quickly. This wasn't a run-down area, just the opposite. The whole thing wasn't staged either.

I think the idea of an aggressive, intrusive cop pulling a vehicle I'm travelling, would put me off more than the gun crime itself. I've seen the way they treat civilians and it looks pretty terrifying. I wouldn't want to be caught up in a situation like that.

Personally, I'm not so much afraid of mass shootings. My reason for thinking twice about visiting the USA is rather that I'm uncomfortable with the idea of having to deal with police in the USA. Yes, I'm a white guy and it is not likely I'd have a bad encounter with police. But if I did, I would be really scared. So, there are several problems America has to work on in terms of not repelling tourists.

@jefferoni1984

Ай бұрын

You watch too much liberal media.

@leec6707

Ай бұрын

I have family in the US and I've visited several times but I won't go again. I'm more put off by the tipping culture than anything. The world is full of incredible places and the US doesn't have anything that I particularly want to see (would have been nice to see Mount Rushmore and Bryce Canyon though).

@Arltratlo

Ай бұрын

i waited for a bus in Philly, next to me been a group of Latinos.... cops cars showed up, cops jumping out of them, ordering the guys with their hands to the wall, while having their hands on the guns.... checking them for ID´s...all been US citizens... the only foreigner, me, wasnt checked, i been to white to get bothered!

@jefferoni1984

Ай бұрын

@@Arltratlo That’s called pattern recognition. Cops aren’t stupid and they deal with reality.

@jefferoni1984

Ай бұрын

@@Arltratlo That’s called pattern recognition. Cops aren’t stupid and they’re dealing with reality. They stop people who fit the profile. Whose fault is that besides the criminals who establish the patterns and profiles?

07:05 - 07:20 sums it up perfectly : it is pretty safe... there are just these events... you never know... this feels like someone explaining that russian roulette is pretty safe... you just never know.. not sure if i should laugh or cry..

@macdieter23558

Ай бұрын

But....visiting the US is like playing russian roulette with an automatic gun!

@durabelle

Ай бұрын

I mean.. yes, this. Of course I can see that in some ways the US is pretty safe compared to some other places. It's easy to find safe water to drink and (more or less) safe food to eat. You don't necessarily need to get any extra vaccinations or medications in order to travel there and not catch a disease. You may not have to worry too much about deadly animals hiding behind every bush (though they do exist). You can avoid active volcanoes and tsunamis (but hurricanes are still a thing, and forest fires in certain areas). So yeah, in some ways some countries can be more dangerous, it's mostly just the other humans you need to worry about 😂

@CBOANDALUCIA

Ай бұрын

​@@durabelleEasy find water? You mean buy it, bc in a lot of cities there they has a serious problem with clean water. Do you know that a lot of bachteries that you find in their wáter, it's only find in the worst waters in Africa?

@durabelle

Ай бұрын

@@CBOANDALUCIA I mean obtain it from any of the safe sources. Buy bottled water, order it from a cafe or a restaurant (I've been told water is often free in those places), or use tap water in areas where it's controlled and deemed safe. It's also easy to buy a filter system, and boiling kills bad bacteria too (although doesn't necessarily destroy all toxins). And of course there's lots of other drinks available too. My point was that people in the US aren't dying of thirst or bad drinking water like in some countries.

@CBOANDALUCIA

Ай бұрын

@@durabelle I think it's the tap water that is dangerous in a lot of places. Search about Flynt, Míchigan, and their serious problem with it, but they aren't alone.

Eighteen years ago, when my son was 14 years old, he and my parents visited relatives in Portland (Oregon) and he was so impressed by the friendliness and hospitality of the people there. What he found bad was, that there were some homeless people who were very poor and lived beside the streets. I once saw a in German television a documentary about Christmas presents in America during the Christmas time , and was shocked to see that some families had given each other weapons for Christmas. For me personally that has nothing to do with charity and weapons are not gifts to be given away for Christmas.

Whilst school shootings are worrying and sad, I think Mall and other public area shootings are more of an issue for tourists. Tourist rarely visit schools. The other issue is being worried about police, because they don't know I'm not a threat, and I know they are armed.

Gun violence is one thing, but the mere way some mundane everyday matters are handled is just as much a deterrent. Just looking at an TSA agent at the airport the wrong way can get you in trouble. Photographing a building, walking in a "private" area or just accidentally dropping some garbage in a national park can also cause legal action and so on. A lot of things are not particularly inviting to tourists or even scary.

@Mousse9

Ай бұрын

Many years ago I visited America for a week, a friend of mine was getting married. At the airport the TSA agent ordered me to go to the last booth to get my passport checked. So I go there, only for that same agent to blow on his whistle and shout at me to stop. Really thought I was gonna be arrested on the spot, or tackled to the floor. Turns out, I had to go to the second to last booth, because the last booth, where two agents were chatting, was closed. Those agents were apparently off duty. So I go to the second to last booth, and the guy kept saying I was not allowed to work in America. He said it like 5 times. (I was inbetween jobs at the time.) Then, at the end, he said: “I’m in a good mood so I’m letting you through.” I wisely shut the heck up, but it was utterly infuriating. Can TSA agents just deny you entry just because they feel like it? Even though all the paperwork is correct and all?

I once made a road trip with a friend of mine through Texas (we both are female and were around 22). Our car broke down and while waiting for a repair guy who took ages to come a police officer drove by and decided to stay with us bc he feared for our safety, alone in the dark. Both of us were completely fearless, coming from Europe being anxious or even that there could be danger never crossed our mind. We were a little annoyed that it took so long for somebody to arrive (we are talking hours here, and it wasn't in the middle of nowhere) but not anxious at all.

my country is one of thsoe with a travel warning for the us, regardless if it scares you or not the important part is with a standing travel warning my country wont come get me if something happens, while they will come get me if something happens in a country without a travel warning, i also visited the us about 10 years ago and i did not feel safe at all, so many guns, so much police, i wont be returning anytime soon

As a kid, I wanted to visit. As an adult Guns, racism, Trump, have made me actually dislike every part of the US system and a good chunk of its people.

I'm a German living in the Netherlands and I travel to california and Florida for work every year and I do worry about gun crime every single time. And about needing medical attention during the stay...

It isn't only the gun violence. Since I was a kid, my life was/is intertwined with the USA (companies, people and family). I visited and lived there several months in a row, last in 2015. My brother and I had several offers to come over for work and we both declined. The lifestyle isn't for us ... the hunt for money, religion in your face everywhere, a superficial demeanor on first glance and the "American excepetionism" that has to explain everything, are also factors. Raising children coralled in their own garden always under "surveillance" isn't something I wanted to do ... However my oldest kid and partner cruised the USA in 2017 for half a year, to get a feeling whether they wanted to move there. They both came home, unsubscribed from the green card lottery and said NO. At the moment they are looking at Australia ... The USA has beautiful places and nice people, but I doubt I'll ever visit again. There is a lot of catching up to do in the USA, regarding human rights and simple respect for other ways of living. The "beacon of light" dimmed immensely outside the USA since Trump was elected, for me personally, the dimming started with Reagan ... Take care - Europe

@ritabecker5625

Ай бұрын

started with reagan - agreed

I'm Australian, but my dad is American so I have family in the US and dual citizenship. When I was growing up we would visit every two years and it felt like a second home. Now it's been almost 10 years since I've visited, and I've started the process to renounce my citizenship. No plans to go back, the thought is terrifying.

I am British, and I have visited the U.S. only once. It was a long time ago ... over 40 years! I had a fantastic time and I didn't feel threatened at all, wherever I went. These days, however, I get mighty sick when I hear Americans saying ... this is the best country in the world. I hate to disappoint them, but it ain't!! No country in the world can convincingly claim to be the best. If it were the case, no citizens would ever want to emigrate, and the country would be massively overwhelmed by migrants seeking a better life ... multiple times the number who attempt to enter the U.S., for example, in the present day. How could "the best country in the world" allow its citizens to freely stroll into a gun shop anywhere in the country, buy a lethal weapon, and stroll out again with the minimum of restriction and the maximum of ease? Americans must relish learning about mass shootings every few days - they must think they live in a permissive, alternative, world which allows any insane behaviour to take place without hindrance - otherwise they would surely *do* *something* *about* *it* . But they just don't! It's incomprehensible to most people in the sane world.

I remember several trips to the states loved the place my last trip in the mid 90's. Hired a car three of us on leaving the airport a few miles down the road police car sirens we pulled over a burly cop comes marching over carrying a pump action shotgun. The reason a faulty indicator & being in an area where some tourists had been robbed & killed that one incident painted the darkest picture you fear for your life hence to say i have never desired or been inclined to return. The thought of visiting a country that has 28 million assault rifles in the hands of private citizens, my niece was in Maine earlier when a gunmen went on the rampage & understood why the USA is not a place i ever want to return to.

Hi Joel, I’m Australian and have visited the US lots of times. I have family in Connecticut and have travelled across the US from San Francisco down to LA and via sleeper train right across the country over to NYC lots of times. I rarely feel unsafe while actually in the US but it does freak me out a bit when I actually think the person on the Metro in LA or MUNI in San Francisco next to me on the subway may have a gun. When I’m there I never really think of it. The look on your face said it all - it’s sad it’s come to this. Hopefully one day the US can find a narrow path to some sort of gun control like we did 30+ years ago here in Australia. Keep up the great work on your channel! Craig 😊

I used to visit the USA both on business and for leisure but there is no way I would consider going there now. The level of gun violence, rampant homeless people on the streets, and the knowledge that many people think that a despicable man like Trump deserves to be re-elected is more than enough to ensure that I will never travel there again.

Two years ago I walked and visited Mexico City, I felt much safer there than I did when I visited L.A in the States. That says something about it right?

@Facetterdk

Ай бұрын

Yes, it says a lot about your perception. As far as facts go, Mexixo city is far more violent than LA. Check statistics if you do not trust my words.

@raystewart3648

Ай бұрын

@@Facetterdk Statistics is just paper work. I have been to both places and have real life experiences. Stats are just that, stats not real life.

My dream growing up was to road trip across America was some of my best mates in our 20s. Right now, it doesn't look like its gonna happen because its not worth the risk.

I dont know... coming from europe , Norway I am pretty sceptical about traveling to US. I must say, I have been to new york, but I do not know if it made me feel safer or not. The traffic and amount of cars is WILD, an how you get your driving licens so easy and so young, it is totaly scary. There were so many homeless people amount I have only seen in poor countries, it was a bit terrifying. And guns, it scares me how nearly everybody can get a gun. It is not that simple in europe, and we do not care about them either. It IS scary comming from a country with almost no shooting, and hearing about how it is over at your place. I get that you living there get a little desensiticed, but it is scary for us. And to not talk about your healthcare system, I was so scared of beeing sick or beeing in an accident and need help from it, because of the costs. Me beeing from Norway most of my costs would be taken care of. But it is not only me, lots of people find US to be a little scary, not going forward, but backwards. To not mention the abortion very limited rights now a days. No it is scary and crazy.

I am LGBTQ I might consider a blue state like LA, SF or NY. But I would never go to Texas or Florida or any other red or purple state

@burritoman5567

Ай бұрын

I ASSURE you with regardless of sexuality, you will be more happy ANYWHERE ELSE than LA. It makes me sad when so many peoples first and only experience with the U.S is a glorified homeless encampment

@Facetterdk

Ай бұрын

LA, SF and NY are cities not states.

It is concealed carry that scares me the most. If you can see the gun then you can try and avoid that person but when you can't see who is armed and where the guns are you could be shot from anywhere. In my opinion you should have to have a valid reason to have a gun (farmer, security guard etc.) and i don't think personal protection is a vaild reason

@lifesbutastumble

Ай бұрын

"If you can see the gun then you can try and avoid that person but when you can't see who is armed and where the guns are you could be shot from anywhere" Apparently, paranoia and fear is their idea of freedom

@Kimberly.390

Ай бұрын

@@lifesbutastumble Which creates a feed back loop where more people buy guns so even more people have to buy guns

I'm from the UK and have visited the US about 20 times over the 80's and 90's, but I've stopped going for the past 25 years due to the violence there. It's not just the crazily high gun crime (which is enough on it's own to stop me going), but the sight of (legal carry) guns being carried which is unnerving for me. Also I'd add the deep drug use, the homelessness out there on the streets, sometimes whole streets, the robberies, the abandoned shops, the trigger happiness of the police that I always see (so even the good guys who are meant to protect us are a perceivable threat to me as well), and beyond all that the lack of social care that a modern country should have, public transpotation etc. The ugliness of the political discourse there. A cruel narcissistic bullsh***er like Trump being able to govern there. The whole country seems degraded, uncaring and violent to me. It's a shame as there is so much beauty there.

Love that guy.. Host talks about safety in going to America because of the fear of shootings. And the guys response? Well tourism is doing fine... Florida is killing it. Great choice of words in a murders and shootings debate of your country.. We're killing it guys.. Eh yeah, that's why we stay home 😅

Hey JP long time visitor from the UK to the USA for decades. I'd be lying if the number of mass shootings at malls and large public events didn't worry me now.

Spain here. I have been in the USA several times, even for long periods of time, and I always had a minor incident around guns: someone shot a few blocks from where I was, elder ladies trying to convince me of why it is necessary to learn how to shoot, people visibly wearing guns, and cops being extremely agressive even as they talk to you. Now I have to take a group of elderly ladies to an event in Houston, and I have to admit I am very nervous and worried about how to keep them safe in case something happens around them and I need to rush them to safety. Most probably will be my last time scorting people to US, not worth it.

Hi, I am from Croatia and I lived in the USA in 2002 in the area where the DC sniper attacks occurred. It was the most frightening period, and at the same time one man from our neighborhood murdered his wife with a gun. Those kind of things are literally unheard of in my country. If I wanted to get a gun, I would not know where to start. I am visiting America in a couple weeks and I must say that, following all the news about the shootings, I do feel a bit nervous.

He said, "It's generally safe to come to America" Well, sorry but "Generally" is not good enough! 😮

I visited America many times - the last time was last year - I went to visit my friend in Alabama. I wasn't worrying about being shot. I don't think American's really understand though how strongly British people feel against their attitude to gun ownership.

i remember a story about American parents being afraid to let their college kids go to Europe after the movie Taken came out for no reason at all. while ignoring the fact that a mountain of unsolved murders of college kids found along the US highways exists.

The US has a travel advisory for Australia at the moment. We are in a youth crime crisis. The incidents over the weekend, goes to show no-where is immune to violence & terror. It's scary to think that you could be anywhere & violence could happen. The tragic event that happen in a popular Sydney shopping centre, was needless & utterly intolerable. The church bishop that got attacked while doing his sermon, by a 15yo. To the congregation that rioted afterwards simply is deplorable. We don't have as much gun violence as the US. The world has gone to shit at the moment.

There are so many beautiful countries and places on earth, one can not visit everything in a single life.. so why should i visit a country, where attending an event or visiting a place can have the chance to get you killed ? plenty others to choose from without such a risk

🤡: "okay, you're 100 more likely to be shot in the US than anywhere else (that's not a warzone), but it's pretty unlikely you get brutally pickpocketed. so crime's not too bad here after all..." and now I'm asking myself if unarmed crime in the US is "this low" just because so much crime gets elevated to gun violence. (ex. if the police kills someone trying to get you, you're guilty of felony murder even if unarmed and not directly involved in the lethal situation except for being the reason the cops showed up)

I’m from Australia and have visited the US twice. The first time was in the 1980s and I didn’t feel unsafe. I went back more recently, but only visited Hawaii, where gun laws are stricter. In Australia we have very strict gun laws, after a mass shooting in the 1990s. The government (a conservative one) initiated a gun buy back, banning a lot of types of guns. Those who want to buy guns have to go to special shops and will have their background checked. Guns must be secured in a locked safe. We have had no mass shootings since. I wouldn’t go to the more gunhappy states and would be looking over my shoulder in other states as well. I have been to countries with higher crime rates, but felt quite safe, because it’s generally not gun crime. In this part of the world we just can’t comprehend the American obsession with, and easy access to, guns designed to kill lots of people. I know about the 2nd amendment, which was introduced when there was a fear of the British trying to invade and guns took a long time to reload. We see the US a stuck in the Wild West.

When the Second Amendment was passed 233 years ago the best available firearm was a Musket. An un-rifled, smooth bored, barrel loading Musket with an effective range of only 50 yards and a rate of fire, in experienced hands, of just 3 rounds per minute. Not a Semi-automatic with an effective range of about 600 yards and a rate of fire of 45+ rounds per minute. You need Gun SAFETY Laws fit for 2024, NOT 1791!

countries have things they are known for. the entire world thinks of guns when we think of USA. australia=wildlife, england=tea, canada= maple syrup, india-curry, america=sandy hook

Politician's response when asked why guns laws should be changed in Australia after a mass shooting in 1996: "BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY". Same question asked to an American politician: "IT'S A POLITICAL SUICIDE".

@kailahmann1823

Ай бұрын

Americans usually understand "for the community" as "COMMUNISM!!!!!1111"

@lorenzlorenzo1975

Ай бұрын

@@kailahmann1823 So true.

My brother works in Mississippi sometimes (we are Austrian). His girlfriend, who is American, says that he should not leave the house for smoking when it's getting dark because he could get shot. Doesn't seem very safe for tourists to me...

We used to holiday regularly in the US up to 2010, the first visit being in 1990. Despite having the time and being blessed with pensions that can afford it, we would not go back again. What made America a beautiful place with lovely people has disappeared.

Add cop violence to your list. It's hard for me to accept that I have to throw myself in the dirt in front of a cop to avoid being tasered or shot. I know that's a bit extreme and doesn't happen all the time, but the extremists among the police don't make a good impression.

@mellowtopia5376

Ай бұрын

Good point. In Europe we’re just not used to treating cops like gods just because they have a badge. We expect to be treated with respect.

You couldn't pay me enough money to visit the Untied States of America 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

It's the main thing that keeps me from visiting, if i ever did i'd wanna be away from as many people as possible

I’ve been spoiled here with the safety in the netherlands so i think i really wouldn’t feel safe in america

I’m afraid I won’t go to USA with those guns hanging around , and as a Aussie I’m not alone, and we got loads of dangerous things here

@leec6707

Ай бұрын

It's been awful reading about what has happened in Sydney recently. I've felt it in the UK and I imagine most Aussies are reeling 🙁

My parents used to live in Houston tx and i visited them several times (from Norway).I felt safe and had a nice time, but they lived in a nice suburb with its own police guarding the area. I felt s bit trappet as i wanted to go out on the town and have some drinks. I had to be driven to specific places for that and was alleays told that a few blocks this way or that way was dangerous. I didn’t feel free as a tourist, but i guess that is different for people living and have grown up in the states. In NYC i felt more free, but i kept a oretty low profile and was on a higher alert compsred to going out in large cities in Europe like London, Paris, Berlin, Barcelona snd so on. The police and security guards stopped me a few tomes just for walking in the neighborhood or having a cigarette outside a mall. That felt strange.

I saw an interview where Bernie Sanders visited a danish politician and he said that if you want to live the american dream move to Denmark

My brother’s a gun owner in the U.K. Visited Montana a few years ago and got talking to a local about firearm laws. Local said, tourists can’t buy guns but I can by a gun and give it to you.

@MISSYGful

Ай бұрын

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I'm Slovenian and I would feel safe only as a tourist in tourist zones/places. I would not dare to travel alone outside those places. Of course I also would never live and work in US. Just living in fear to get injury and go broke doesn't sound like a freedom for me. I would live in constant stress. Not to mention paid holidays, unlimited sick days,... But overall I like US. I would like to visit it, and see some things...New York, LA, Grand Canyon,... I think it is a beautifull country. I also think that Americans are very nice people overall, but sadly they are somehow brainwashed by their goverment.