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They’re such a paranoid nation. I might have posted this before, but I’ve got two pro-gun friends in the US - one is a Capitol Hill enforcement officer, trains every week. The other is a high school security guard, and has a concealed carry license. They both asked me about guns in the UK, “how do you protect yourself if you can’t have a gun?”

“Protect myself from what?”

They were baffled that I didn’t feel like everyone was always after me.

Yes to this, but consider certain developments--quite a lot of kids saying they don't feel 'safe' unless they're carrying a knife, people buying massive cars--there's definitely a bit of that here, if, of course, not to the same extent. It's obviously not that apparent to a white middle-class male (yet?).