It’s a funny discussion here … I don’t know anybody from my time living in Holland, Germany, England, Switzerland or even Belgium that ever had a reason to use a weapon. Any weapon…
(EDIT: ok, the exception being friends that were in war zones)
I haven’t heard of any house invasion (of course we do have burglaries) and even assaults on the streets (except for casual drunk street/bar fights). Sometimes I read about stuff like that in newspapers, but overall we are pretty safe here - even in the “worst” parts of Hamburg (or any city I know here) or parks after dark…
For self defense we just wander off in another direction
That said, I do possess two very nice “real” Katanas (the swords, not the gear) and some serious tactical knives (which are now forbidden), but those are leftovers from my close combat & martial arts times (also, I love steel) … never intended on actual use…
I’ve been borrowing my friends Ibanez while I have been learning and taking lessons. I auditioned for the local church band and, to my surprise, was accepted. So I bought myself something beautiful.
So today I traded my Sub 5, Ibanez Frankenstein, and an old acoustic I don’t play…
So I guess you could say I did a thing…
In my defence, I saw her and cyber stalked her seller for weeks for this specific instrument. So while it’s bittersweet to let go of my first bass and my first 5, I’m in love so
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