As someone who lives in Western Europe (Belgium) I've never seen a gun up close in my life, except for army troops and police (always holstered)

My 1st reaction to this thread was "wtf this is insane" people explode in my poker games all the time, who in their right mind would allow them to have a gun???

Then reading through the thread made it a bit better, I guess people who are legally allowed to carry a gun are not the kind of people who would explode and start shooting around at other people because they lost a hand of poker.

Also allowing some people to walk around with guns legally, opens up access to walk around with guns illegally.
I'd feel much safer knowing it's very hard to come by a gun. I honestly wouldn't know where to start looking.

Still, I'm now going to have to seriously re-consider moving to the USA to play poker professionally.

You speak for all people from developed countries. That is quite the responsibility you have sir.

I used to feel the same as you, my Flemish friend. However, once I realized that in the US there are so many bad guys with guns, I felt the best way to protect myself and my family is to pack heat, which I do, legally. I also took additional courses in gun safety and shooting lessons to make sure I’m competent with the weapon and safe. I feel a lot more comfortable walking around with large sums of cash knowing that if a fool tried to Jack me, he may end up taking the room temperature challenge.

Delete thread please. Too much garbage instead of sticking to original topic.

I’m just picturing Yosemite Sam and Bugs Bunny at the poker table. Good stuff in here

No one has answered me yet if you've ever seen someone or even heard of someone pulling a gun at a poker game. It's a non-issue and anyone who can't see that is obtuse.

I'm not talking about 60 years ago, I'm talking about the present. Go read Brunson's twitter sometime he carries a gun with him wherever he goes. So the question remains, would you not play poker with Doyle Brunson because he has a gun? Me personally it wouldn't bother me.

You are conflating a lot of things in your post.

The murder rate might be 4x higher in USA vs UK and a lot of that has to do with the fact that yes it's easier to kill someone with a gun. But the violent crime rate is something different. And the overall violent crime rate in London is about 10x higher than the overall violent crime rate in the USA.

In 2019/2020 there were 222,000 violent crimes in a city of 7million. London is a very violent city.

You watch Active Self Protection on youtube? Great channel.

The man is a bit overzealous, but it he does post a lot of useful information.

There is absolutely no way those violent crime rates share the same methodology anyway, but idk where you managed to take 10x from.

Active self protection is outstanding. Anyone who lives in a jurisdiction where they are legally allowed to own a firearm should at least consider it. Having some basic knowledge of punching/kicking/grappling would be a good idea as well. Everyone has to choose for themselves what is the correct amount of money to invest in the protection of their own life. Imho it should be greater than 0.

No, I follow Doyle on twitter, but haven't been much of anyone on twitter of late. If that's the case, that's totally different. I had a friend who has conceal carry and sometimes packs to games. To be honest, he's a bit of a hothead and I wasn't all that comfortable with it. But no, I wouldn't care one bit about Doyle. The problem is when you're playing with a bunch of amateur strangers. That's a whole different scenario. Just do a YouTube or Google search on Casino poker room fights. Imagine those people had guns.

Yeah. Imagine if that Aria dealer from a few months ago was strapped when he brutally attacked that player minding his own business. Peaches or something was his name. He would’ve totally **** that dude. And taken out witnesses too.

Comparing London (a big city) to USA as a whole. Not exactly a fair comparison. But my point is that USA is not as violent as some foreigners assume. If you compare violent crime rates London and NYC are about the same.

To be fair if Germany had the same guns laws as the US, it would be way worse than in the US. There would be murders over parking spots every week, if not every day.

Interesting theory. Let's try it this way: Concealed means concealed but no weapons means no weapons.

It’s quite common knowledge that people outside the US think our gun laws are terrible

You’ve expanded your responsibilities to now speak for all people outside the US. That must be an exhausting responsibility, ma’am.

checking in on this thread to see if anything interesting posted. nah.

Cliff Notes:

MHE likes guns. MHE is "straped" and "heavy" and "packing heat". MHE's hero is Vanilla Ice the wannabe gangsta rapper. He (and others) should take their politarding to politics forum.

Yeah, it's pretty clear that if this thread is off on a general gun discussion tangent, it certainly doesn't have anything to do with you. You're just responding to something someone everything everyone says.

1. You act like I’m the only one. Go back and read all the posts, I’m not the first one to introduce the line of dialogue regarding the wisdom of US gun laws. You come off as a bitter Canadian who is jealous of our freedoms.
2. You say nothing of the personal insults lobbed at me yet I have not lowered myself to that level.

I’ve never said I like guns. I do, however, see the wisdom of a force multiplier seeing that I live in a country with lots of people who are prone to violence as well as I tend to carry large sums of cash money on my person. I own very few guns, 2 pistols and two rifles. I’m not a hunter nor a shooter for sport. I merely protect myself in certain situations. No need to demonize me.

ice ice baby

allan kessler has never actually "said" he likes free buffet tickets, but its pretty obvious he does.

If you had confidence in your position you wouldn’t be so bad faith and pedantic. Just compare European gun control laws to the US and you’ll see a stark contrast.

However you are right in some respect, in that actually a majority of the United States supports stricter gun control laws too. We just happen to have a system of government where laws are difficult to pass.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/1645/guns.aspx

I’ve always supported responsible gun ownership. I’ve long been in favor of thorough background checks and mandatory education of gun safety. I could probably even get behind broad licensure. Do not try to distort my positions.

My body count cannot be compared to a morbidly obese man at a Chinese buffet. You need to up your trolling game.

real men are born with fists, not straps on their ankles