I have lived in Germany for eleven years, and in Frankfurt for the last seven to eight.
I have never met anyone who owns a gun, nor heard of anyone owning one.
I have never encountered a situation where a stranger was walking round threatening anyone with one. When a story involving such appears in the news, it is extremely shocking.
Given the laws on gun control here that should not be a surprise. Gun ownership is not encouraged.
Switch on television any evening (not a favourite activity of mine), you would never believe it, though. My wife is fond of junk TV, and people wandering round waving guns, threatening people with guns, and generally just possessing them seems commonplace in these awful series and films.
Of course a lot of them are nothing more than imported American trash (dubbed in German). But not always.
Is this really entertainment? Escapism? A very negative type of escapism if that is the case!
And why anyone wants to watch junk like this escapes me as well!
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