Some things a french guy wonder himself about americans
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Yeah i don't know if the title is grammatically correct. So, i'm a french guy who plays Garry's mod & shits and i was wondering some things about the americans :
-Is that the weapon legislation like i'm thinking ?
Like : "-Hey Gun sailer, i'm here to bought you an AK-47, just don't look at my pyscho-face
-Yeah of course mr, just sign here and you recieve your assault rifle this week !"
-What the American people/Foreigners from France are thinking about french guys ? (inb4 "Lel you reatard")
-How is the life in the states where recreative Marijuana smoking is legal ?
Don't juge me on my poor sentences please and answer to my questions (yeah, even if you hate french people)
I don't think I'm the best qualified to answer this, but here goes. I'm not sure about the first question so much because I live in a state where firearms are illegal unless you're a police officer. I'll try my best.
1) To buy a gun you need a license, but once you have one you can walk into a firearms store and buy one. There's a wait time clearly, but usually people aren't shy. Hell some people go into the store and talk shit with the sales person. It's a business like any other, just a bit more restrictive.
2) I can't speak much for the stereotypes but they can range from smelly to romantic. There's also this huge "French people always surrender" thing going on, though that might have faded away.
3) Again I live in a state where marijuana illegal, but I have traveled to states that have it legalized. It's no different sans the ability to smoke pot. Some neighborhoods have it common while others don't, but the same can be said for the ones here in New York as well (I'm looking at you, Brooklyn.)
I hope you can read that, your english is so slurred that I'm anticipating some difficulty. Maybe a French-fluent speaker can translate this.
No i'm just tired and this is hard to make some good sentences. I've understood what you've said. I've no problems to read English or to talk in English, just to write in English actually.
Thank you for your answers.
Fuck dat shit, did i really talk like Google Translate ?
I live in California.
1. Pretty sure you can't legally buy automatic weapons like an AK-47. I do think the background checks on gun buyers are not very good though, it is pretty easy to buy a handgun here.
2. French is a language you can take at my high school. A lot of people enjoy learning French and about French culture. I'm learning Spanish though, because there are a lot of Mexican immigrants here and they actually outnumber any other race where I live.
3. In California, marijuana is only legal for medical purposes, but it is very easy to get your medical card if you are 18 or older which allows you to legally purchase marijuana for medical purposes. Weed isn't seen as some terrible awful plague to humanity here by most people, and in fact many people are very accepting about it. There are 7 headshops (places to buy marijuana smoking materials) all within 5 minutes from my house. Many people I know (including myself) smoke weed. Legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes is probably going to be on the California ballot in 2016, and the majority of Californians already support legalization, so I think it will pass.
[QUOTE=phagocitic;43138812]I live in California.
1. Pretty sure you can't legally buy automatic weapons like an AK-47. I do think the background checks on gun buyers are not very good though, it is pretty easy to buy a handgun here.
2. French is a language you can take at my high school. A lot of people enjoy learning French and about French culture. I'm learning Spanish though, because there are a lot of Mexican immigrants here and they actually outnumber any other race where I live.
3. In California, marijuana is only legal for medical purposes, but it is very easy to get your medical card if you are 18 or older which allows you to legally purchase marijuana for medical purposes. Weed isn't seen as some terrible awful plague to humanity here by most people, and in fact many people are very accepting about it. There are 7 headshops (places to buy marijuana smoking materials) all within 5 minutes from my house. Many people I know (including myself) smoke weed. Legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes is probably going to be on the California ballot in 2016, and the majority of Californians already support legalization, so I think it will pass.[/QUOTE]
Fully automatic weapons are legal at the federal level, but require an extra license and have to be made prior to 1985. Here in Arizona we have some of the most lax gun laws in the entire country, I could walk into a pawn shop and buy a gun with nothing more than an ID and a background check.
Also, we have this every year:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCppmoZiXUY[/media]
We also have medical marijuana in this state, but it is so easy to get a prescription that most people who want to can get it for recreational use.
Living in New Jersey:
1) My state has the most regulatory gun laws in the union, besides a small rifle or some shotguns, you virtually cannot own a gun in this state. Half the requests for guns can be rejected for absolutely no other reason than the person looking it over feels like it.
2) There's not really any French around here so people here (at least in South Jersey) are indifferent to the French, though if France comes up in talk it's usually talking about your good food.
3) I don't do marijuana (no objections to it, I just personally don't do it) so I've never paid much mind to the laws around here.
Je vais essayer de réagir en français. Désolé si ce n'est pas le meilleur français.
-J'habite en Louisiane et mon grand-père a beaucoup d'armes. On ne doit pas avoir un permis pour posséder les armes, mais si on veut les garder masquées un permis est requis.
-Bien que la Louisiane était une colonie française, c'est plutôt comme le reste des États-Unis. Il y a des gens qui croient que les Français sont malodorants ou snobs et les gens qui aiment l'accent français. Beaucoup de monde suivent un cours d'espagnol au lieu d'un cours de français à cause des hispanophones qui ont commencé à habiter ici récemment. Je suivais un cours de français depuis j'avais huit ans donc j'ai voulu finir à apprendre le français. J'en ai pas fini, comme vous pouvez sûrement voir.
-Il est illégal de fumer de l'herbe où j'habite, mais il y a de nombreux gens (au moins à mon lycée) qui la fume. Je fume pas de la marijuana seulement parce que je suis trop pauvre pour l'acheter. Il est probable que la marijuana aille rester illégal pour longtemps.
J'espère que vous compreniez ce que j'ai écrit. Ma professeure de français dit que je suis très bon mais j'en crois pas.
[QUOTE=Scarou;43137818]Yeah i don't know if the title is grammatically correct. So, i'm a french guy who plays Garry's mod & shits and i was wondering some things about the americans :
-Is that the weapon legislation like i'm thinking ?
Like : "-Hey Gun sailer, i'm here to bought you an AK-47, just don't look at my pyscho-face
-Yeah of course mr, just sign here and you recieve your assault rifle this week !"
-What the American people/Foreigners from France are thinking about french guys ? (inb4 "Lel you reatard")
-How is the life in the states where recreative Marijuana smoking is legal ?
Don't juge me on my poor sentences please and answer to my questions (yeah, even if you hate french people)[/QUOTE]
Scottish, but living in America:
-Gun legislation depends on states, federal legislation is piss-poor, but state legislation varies. You've got places like good ol' Virginia where you can have practically anything with the right permits, or places like New York where congressmen shit themselves at the idea of anything more powerful then a wet matchlock rifle.
-Froggies are fine by my book. You have Caravan Palace. I'm sure people vary in France just like everywhere, though I've heard Parisians can't stand Brits.
-No clue what it's like there. Marijuana isn't legal here in Virginia.
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[QUOTE=phagocitic;43138812]I live in California.
[B]1. Pretty sure you can't legally buy automatic weapons like an AK-47. I do think the background checks on gun buyers are not very good though, it is pretty easy to buy a handgun here.
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2. French is a language you can take at my high school. A lot of people enjoy learning French and about French culture. I'm learning Spanish though, because there are a lot of Mexican immigrants here and they actually outnumber any other race where I live.
3. In California, marijuana is only legal for medical purposes, but it is very easy to get your medical card if you are 18 or older which allows you to legally purchase marijuana for medical purposes. Weed isn't seen as some terrible awful plague to humanity here by most people, and in fact many people are very accepting about it. There are 7 headshops (places to buy marijuana smoking materials) all within 5 minutes from my house. Many people I know (including myself) smoke weed. Legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes is probably going to be on the California ballot in 2016, and the majority of Californians already support legalization, so I think it will pass.[/QUOTE]
You can in California, but it has to have been manufactured some time before the current automatic weapons ban.
[QUOTE=Scarou;43137818]Yeah i don't know if the title is grammatically correct. So, i'm a french guy who plays Garry's mod & shits and i was wondering some things about the americans :
-Is that the weapon legislation like i'm thinking ?
Like : "-Hey Gun sailer, i'm here to bought you an AK-47, just don't look at my pyscho-face
-Yeah of course mr, just sign here and you recieve your assault rifle this week !"
-What the American people/Foreigners from France are thinking about french guys ? (inb4 "Lel you reatard")
-How is the life in the states where recreative Marijuana smoking is legal ?
Don't juge me on my poor sentences please and answer to my questions (yeah, even if you hate french people)[/QUOTE]
1: Yes a Texan here, you pretty much can go to a gun store, sign a couple of documents on holding all your responsibility of every weapon you have, and you need to be over 18 (Present ID)
To carry a gun outside personal property you must own a license that you are permitted to hold a Handgun, Shotgun, or a Rifle.
If not there are exceptions
1:If you own private property it is completely legal to not have a license and can be used in anyway to stop basically all types of crime in your home (Basically you can shoot someone on sight for bashing in your door, or stealing anything, or if they are trying to kill you.)
2: You can have it concealed in a car, and must be in a sort of lock-box or safe so that no one can easily reach for it, if someone damages your car on foot, breaks into your car, steal from your car, or just trying to murder you, you can pull it out and fire.
3: You can't have one on you if you're drunk, In a Amusement park, In a hospital or nursing home, in a place of religious worship, at polls, prisons/jails, racetracks, in a vehicle or building in a School (Private OR public)
-Not really sure what to think, I usually overhear some people talking about some french people being assholes, just rumors basically (No offense to you man)
-Can't smoke here in Texas, it's Illegal to have just about every inch of the state.
[QUOTE=phagocitic;43138812]I live in California.
1. Pretty sure you can't legally buy automatic weapons like an AK-47. I do think the background checks on gun buyers are not very good though, it is pretty easy to buy a handgun here.
2. French is a language you can take at my high school. A lot of people enjoy learning French and about French culture. I'm learning Spanish though, because there are a lot of Mexican immigrants here and they actually outnumber any other race where I live.
3. In California, marijuana is only legal for medical purposes, but it is very easy to get your medical card if you are 18 or older which allows you to legally purchase marijuana for medical purposes. Weed isn't seen as some terrible awful plague to humanity here by most people, and in fact many people are very accepting about it. There are 7 headshops (places to buy marijuana smoking materials) all within 5 minutes from my house. Many people I know (including myself) smoke weed. Legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes is probably going to be on the California ballot in 2016, and the majority of Californians already support legalization, so I think it will pass.[/QUOTE]
Yeah man i heard about California. One of my bros is living in L.A. It looks like a state of weed smokers and cool guys.
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[QUOTE=lolo;43141581]1: Yes a Texan here, you pretty much can go to a gun store, sign a couple of documents on holding all your responsibility of every weapon you have, and you need to be over 18 (Present ID)
To carry a gun outside personal property you must own a license that you are permitted to hold a Handgun, Shotgun, or a Rifle.
If not there are exceptions
1:If you own private property it is completely legal to not have a license and can be used in anyway to stop basically all types of crime in your home (Basically you can shoot someone on sight for bashing in your door, or stealing anything, or if they are trying to kill you.)
2: You can have it concealed in a car, and must be in a sort of lock-box or safe so that no one can easily reach for it, if someone damages your car on foot, breaks into your car, steal from your car, or just trying to murder you, you can pull it out and fire.
3: You can't have one on you if you're drunk, In a Amusement park, In a hospital or nursing home, in a place of religious worship, at polls, prisons/jails, racetracks, in a vehicle or building in a School (Private OR public)
-Not really sure what to think, I usually overhear some people talking about some french people being assholes, just rumors basically (No offense to you man)
-Can't smoke here in Texas, it's Illegal to have just about every inch of the state.[/QUOTE]
It's pretty like this in France. Except for weapons legislations. If a cop catch you with a little knife, you have to pay a fine and pass a couple of hours at the police station where the cops tells you about the meaning of life. French people are thinking that the Texans are only rednecks and consanguineous (you prove me the opposite), so i'm not offensed at all, dude.
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[QUOTE=Moustacheman;43141172]Scottish, but living in America:
-Gun legislation depends on states, federal legislation is piss-poor, but state legislation varies. You've got places like good ol' Virginia where you can have practically anything with the right permits, or places like New York where congressmen shit themselves at the idea of anything more powerful then a wet matchlock rifle.
-Froggies are fine by my book. You have Caravan Palace. I'm sure people vary in France just like everywhere, though I've heard Parisians can't stand Brits.
-No clue what it's like there. Marijuana isn't legal here in Virginia.
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You can in California, but it has to have been manufactured some time before the current automatic weapons ban.[/QUOTE]
"Froggies"... Fuck dat shit dude, i've only heard this in The Simpsons. It's funny !
And i've seen Caravan Palace, they came to my town in South-West of France, but in France, Caravan Palace is for the most of us a shitty band. Personally i don't have any opinion about this band, but be careful when you talk with a French guy. If you mention Caravan Palace as a good band, you have chances that he makes fun of you.
Living in Maine:
-People in my state are (generally) very accepting of guns and are open about owning them, but it isn't as easy as just walking into the shop to get one. There's a background check to determine whether or not you have committed any crimes and if you have they won't sell you the gun, for one thing, but that's a national check.
-My family is Irish, my relatives hate everyone (especially the Brits), but I know quite a few French folks and they're very friendly. However I'm told that's not the case in Quebec, apparently the people there are very insular and have a superiority complex. There's a stereotype around where I live that French people are very fancy, the ones I know are far from it but nobody ever said stereotypes were accurate.
-Marijuana isn't fully legal in Maine. As far as I know possession was decriminalized in Portland, but you still can't just light up anywhere you want (not that that stops people).
Also, you're doing pretty good with your English. Your sentence structure leaves a bit to be desired but I can understand you.
#1.
You have a very warped and misinformed view on US firearms laws and how the sales work. To purchase a firearm in most states, it requires no licensing or pre-qualifications, except that you must be 18 to purchase a long gun or 21 to purchase a handgun. You just simply walk into the gun store, say you want THAT, and then they'll start on the paperwork. The paperwork will be in the form of an instant background check with the NCIS database. If you have committed any serious crimes in the past, they can not sell a firearm to you.
This firearm that this person would purchase isn't going to be a fully automatic firearm. It's going to be semi-automatic only as fully automatic firearms require Class III permits because of the NFA act, and class III's aren't easy to get. A fully automatic firearm also has to be registered with the BATFE and made before the year 1986 if it ever wants to be sold or transferred to another civilian. Otherwise, all firearms are semi-automatic only and are not easily modified to fully automatic. Most states have no magazine restrictions, so you can purchase a standard 30 round magazine or even a high capacity 150 round magazine.
A store owner also reserves the right to deny a sale to a person for any reason. So if a guy walks in with a Swastika tattooed on his forehead and says "I'm buyin me a shotgun to kill me some NIGGERS", the person that would sell him said shotgun has every right to tell that person to get the fuck out of the store. If a wannabe gang banger walks in and pretends to be Scar-face with one of the firearms on display and says "I'm gonna show those fuggin crips I mean business!", the store owner can refuse to sell that person said firearm even if they have a perfectly clean record.
American gun laws aren't as loose as many people assume them to be and there is some rather extensive firearms regulations included in the NFA and the 1986 ban.
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;43143606]#1.
A store owner also reserves the right to deny a sale to a person for any reason. So if a guy walks in with a Swastika tattooed on his forehead and says "I'm buyin me a shotgun to kill me some NIGGERS", [/QUOTE]
AHAHAHAH men ! You made me laugh.
And yeah, i think that the french media presents american weapon legislation as they want. It's not the truth, only how the french media portrays the truth. And it isn't a bad thing
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[QUOTE=Ekalektik_1;43143552]Living in Maine:
-People in my state are (generally) very accepting of guns and are open about owning them, but it isn't as easy as just walking into the shop to get one. There's a background check to determine whether or not you have committed any crimes and if you have they won't sell you the gun, for one thing, but that's a national check.
-My family is Irish, my relatives hate everyone (especially the Brits), but I know quite a few French folks and they're very friendly. However I'm told that's not the case in Quebec, apparently the people there are very insular and have a superiority complex. There's a stereotype around where I live that French people are very fancy, the ones I know are far from it but nobody ever said stereotypes were accurate.
-Marijuana isn't fully legal in Maine. As far as I know possession was decriminalized in Portland, but you still can't just light up anywhere you want (not that that stops people).
Also, you're doing pretty good with your English. Your sentence structure leaves a bit to be desired but I can understand you.[/QUOTE]
Yay ! I'm not so bad in English ! It's a fucking wonderful day. :zoid:
I'm viewing the Maine like in the books of Stephen King (crappy writer but beautiful state)
Thank for your answers men
Because #1 is explained well already, I'll respond to #2.
[quote]-What the American people/Foreigners from France are thinking about french guys ?[/quote]
In the US, opinion about the French depends mainly on politics.
Conservatives tend to have a negative opinion of France (and most of the EU) because the economic success and high quality-of-life in those countries contradicts the idea that socialism is universally harmful. They also resent the French for historical military and political moves, such as France's exit from NATO in the 60s and their withdrawal from Vietnam. Finally, they also despise the European Union because it is slowly eroding the influence the US built up during the Cold War in Western Europe.
The Liberals tend to have a more positive view of the French, mainly because the Democratic Party's voting bloc is no longer fearful of socialized programs, in contrast to how things were in the Cold War. Liberals also point to France when speaking about energy policy (although some extreme environmentalists dislike nuclear power) and when speaking about foreign policy, since France has been viewed as more pragmatic than the US and UK.
EDIT: To more directly answer the question, conservatives might assume you are lazy, economically inept, and arrogant while liberals might see you as forward-thinking and practical.
Kentucky here.
-Is that the weapon legislation like i'm thinking ?
Like : "-Hey Gun sailer, i'm here to bought you an AK-47, just don't look at my pyscho-face
-Yeah of course mr, just sign here and you recieve your assault rifle this week !"
Kind of, except not automatic.
-What the American people/Foreigners from France are thinking about french guys ? (inb4 "Lel you reatard")
I think you guys are okay.
-How is the life in the states where recreative Marijuana smoking is legal ?
I don't know but I'd like to take a visit.
Indiana represent. Dunno a ton about gun laws here but i'm pretty sure you can own a .22 rifle without needing any documentation if it has a low round capacity. Otherwise afaik it's pretty bog standard but don't take my word for it.
No French folks in my area but no one here is really all "GERSH DERN FEREIGNERS" and i have no problems with anybody really.
Indiana is a very conservative state so marijuana legalization isn't even a glimmer in the eye of our lawmakers and won't be for a long time i'm sure.
[QUOTE=Scarou;43137818]Yeah i don't know if the title is grammatically correct. So, i'm a french guy who plays Garry's mod & shits and i was wondering some things about the americans :
-Is that the weapon legislation like i'm thinking ?
Like : "-Hey Gun sailer, i'm here to bought you an AK-47, just don't look at my pyscho-face
-Yeah of course mr, just sign here and you recieve your assault rifle this week !"
-What the American people/Foreigners from France are thinking about french guys ? (inb4 "Lel you reatard")
-How is the life in the states where recreative Marijuana smoking is legal ?
Don't juge me on my poor sentences please and answer to my questions (yeah, even if you hate french people)[/QUOTE]
1) you need a license/permit to purchase a firearm, and there's supposed to be a 30 day waiting period after purchase before you get the gun. no, you cant buy an ak-47 (unless its semi-automatic). but you can totally just go into the gun store and shoot the shit with the clerk if you wanted.
2) in my experience, opinions of hte french range from "lol, he's french" to "theyre snobby pricks who hate americans".
3) medical use of marijuana is legalized in michigan and pretty much everyone just wishes it was fully legalized for recreational use
The firearms bit has already been gone over in detail, so I'll skip straight to the other two.
Opinions on France range from ridicule for your strange accent and mannerisms (like being willing to eat frogs and snails) to annoyance at your refusal to enter into the Iraq war (imo, you guys did right on that, though that did perpetuate the surrender stereotype). Then there's anyone with any degree of historical knowledge, who generally respect France's tenacity and proud military history (Napoleon anyone?).
Usually I fall into the last category, but I love jokes so sometimes I fall under the first. I don't mean it though. You guys are badass.
God bless Facepunchers. Thank you guys.
I've actually got a question. What do you Frenchies think of us Scots, and what do you think of the Germans?
Hmm... For the Scots, we thinks they're all like Willy in The simpsons : Gingers with a kilt (yeah that's a poor stereotype. I personally sees the Scottish like cool people like Irish people, i hate Britfags who thinks they're the European masterrace)
I love Germany. I've been 1 month in Germany and this is one of the best European country. Everyone don't care about you, you can do what you want without be judged. I was living at a guy who was an asshole, but despite him, the others was very cool.
Chicagoan here.
Don't know the details, but we're kinda strict on guns, that much I know.
For views on the french it depends. Personally myself I admire the French culture and such, and people might believe in the French soldiers being cowards thing until they read about the French resistance.
And Patt Quinn did Legalize Medical Weed, but it'll be official next month.
Washingtonian here
#1's been gone over in detail so I'll skip it
#2 actually had a French guy in my Political Science class and he seemed cool only know one dude who makes jokes about french people but he makes jokes about every country that isn't america so i usually ignore him
#3 marijuana is legal here in this state, and other than it being slightly more obvious at concerts and such when people are smoking, it isn't really different. not any easier or more difficult to get since there isn't any regulated selling yet, but that will change soon. one thing is that i feel as though the stigma surrounding it has been lessened quite a bit, not that there was much of a stigma surrounding pot in this state anyways
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