• Sgarcnl@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Lots of violence in the Philippines involving guns. Seems pretty dangerous place.

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        1 year ago

        Also worth to note that a lot of people here have guns and a lot of them are even unlicensed. But we do not have mass shootings.

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      1 year ago

      At least they are not used for mass killings.

      There are 1200 gun killings in 2019 which dropped significantly from 5000 in 2009.

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      Depends where you are; but in the right areas it definitely is. Certainly if you’d stand out as a tourist, a large part of the country isn’t really safe to head into alone.

      In tourist areas or the nicer parts of Manila, it’s quite reasonable.