Edinger grew up in New Jersey and describes it as “quite a blue state,” but he was still immersed in the gun culture that views gun ownership as a fundamental part of being an American.
“I was raised in a very pro-gun household,” Edinger says. “In my family home in America, we had a 12-gauge shotgun, a 10-gauge, a black powder rifle, and a .410 shotgun for the children. My dad would take us out some days to shoot empty cans of beer or play pigeons or sometimes go hunting for pheasants or deer.”
He says the notion of not owning a gun was unthinkable in his upbringing. “The idea that other countries do not allow guns is viewed more like these other countries are missing a fundamental right,” he says.
His ideas about guns have changed dramatically since moving to London and living in a society without ubiquitous access to guns. “Visiting Philadelphia when I was younger was always scary to me because I never knew who had a gun, who wanted to rob me,” Edinger shares. “Visiting New Orleans a couple years ago, I was told by my hotel staff that a few days prior, a tourist was shot and died in the local Popeye’s Chicken because he caught a stray bullet of two people having an argument in the restaurant. So, that’s just something that people just have to deal with. This constant fear of I could just die being caught in a crossfire and there’s nothing I can really do about it because freedom. I’ve pretty much never felt that level of fear in London at all. And that alone was enough to sway my opinion on guns.”
— Annie Reneau in American shares his 9 realizations about the U.S. after 13 years abroad and it’s eye-opening
This expat ideas are not about guns at all. Its ‘self manufactured qualified selective fear’ equating criminal activity to a constitutional right and failing to recognize that his-experience is, in context with law abiding owning guns, representative of .0001% ‘nefarious’ firearms use which is at a rate over 1,000 times less than injury or death resulting from alcohol use.
“I’ve pretty much never felt that level of fear in London at all.”
While ignoring that the U.K. is the knife attack and rape capital of the world, as he lives under a modern day feudal tyranny of ‘government dictated managed society’ that is increasingly repressive. If he had given statements that he sort of liked guns he most likely would have been arrested and jailed for causing ‘harm by fear’ to some ‘unknown people’ simply ’cause the U.K. government says so.
Let him stay in the U.K.
to add, for “While ignoring that the U.K. is the knife attack and rape capital of the world…”
A comparison:
Maryland Man Shoots Knife-Wielding Stepson After … Assault on Mother, Police Say > ht* tps://www.usacarry.com/maryland-man-shoots-knife-wielding-stepson-after-alleged-assault-on-mother-police-say/
Intruder With Knife Ends Up Held at Gunpoint by North Carolina Homeowner, Police Say > ht* tps://www.usacarry.com/intruder-with-knife-ends-up-held-at-gunpoint-by-north-carolina-homeowner-police-say/
In the U.K. the victims of knife attack only get ‘stabby stabby’ ‘cutty cutty’ with no chance to stop it, and no chance to be able to be armed if it happens.
This guys reasons are not only about guns, he has a whole list of things just as hilariously biased and nuts.
For example, for the U.K. Government he says:
“Edinger explains how the parliamentary system in the U.K. is far from perfect, but it tends to be more effective at actually getting things done because lawmakers aren’t constantly stymied by the inherently destructive two-party gridlock we have in the U.S.
‘It’s messy, yes, but after 13 years away, I’ve come to the belief that no system of government is perfect,’ he says. ‘But most systems in Western Europe are far more effective than what I grew up believing was the ‘best in the world.’ ”
While completely ignoring the U.K. government is in the process of replacing its ‘indigenous population’ with Islamic shraia law radicals who would kill him because he is an ‘infidel’
Then he says this about “Worker Rights”:
“A quick summary would be 28 days minimum paid holiday, one year paid maternity leave, two weeks paid paternity leave, sick leave, even the right against unlawful termination,’ said Edinger. ‘When working part-time at Urban Outfitters in London, even though I worked less than 20 hours a week, I still got two days paid holiday per month. That’s insane, right? No, that’s just life over here. Meanwhile, I worked five years at a Pizza Hut in New Jersey for over 30 hours per week. Never got a single day of paid vacation.”
So lets get this straight. The U.K. government made laws that this was mandatory and imposed that on employers, which caused a raise in prices and taxes to pay for it, which caused an increased tax burden on all U.K. citizens, so an employer could pay you FOR NOT WORKING because of a personal choice you made so you could get a ‘participation trophy” – yeah, you are right, that is insane. Think of it this way also, those taxes you pay, well, you are paying for all those other people to make personal choices to not work – you like the idea of the government taking your money, paying higher prices, to pay other people for their personal choices – yeah, you are right, that is insane.