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minus-squareZron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up87arrow-down2·9 months agoYou wanna know a great way to stop a burning man from setting other people on fire? A fire extinguisher
minus-squareKingJalopy @lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down4·9 months agoBut guns are much more accessible.
minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down27·edit-29 months agoToo bad they aren’t readily accessible. All emergency vehicles should have them, but I imagine a lot of agencies skirt that requirement. Also, depending on the accelerant, it likely wouldn’t put them out, so you always need to be prepared for plan B. Sorry, reality sucks.
minus-squareDept@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down3·9 months agoare fire extinguishers not legally required in all cars in the US? that’s dumb.
minus-squarescottywh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·8 months agoThey’re not, but I’d wager they are required in 90+% of US police cars.
minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·9 months agoFire extinguisher are not but from what I understand with the comment guns are legally required in all cars in the US ?
minus-squareLucidlethargy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoYes, gun racks are mandatory here. We like to clutch them when we zoom down the road to work each day with our heads out the window yelling “Yeeeeee-haw!”
minus-squareBumblefumble@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoI’m not saying it’s not a good thing to have, but where do you live where it’s legally required? Cause I’ve never heard of that.
minus-squarejmcs@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoIt’s mandatory in roughly half of Europe.
minus-squareBumblefumble@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoWhat half? Not in Northern Europe, that’s for sure.
minus-squarejmcs@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoTIL Finland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Iceland are not in Northern Europe.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down13·edit-29 months agoCars, no, buildings, yes. How often do you set your car on fire?
minus-squarerobotica@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·8 months agoUm, how often do you set your building on fire?
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 months agoNot enough, quite frankly.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoMore often than I’ve set my building on fire…
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·9 months agoIt only takes once.
You wanna know a great way to stop a burning man from setting other people on fire? A fire extinguisher
But guns are much more accessible.
Too bad they aren’t readily accessible. All emergency vehicles should have them, but I imagine a lot of agencies skirt that requirement.
Also, depending on the accelerant, it likely wouldn’t put them out, so you always need to be prepared for plan B.
Sorry, reality sucks.
are fire extinguishers not legally required in all cars in the US? that’s dumb.
They’re not, but I’d wager they are required in 90+% of US police cars.
Fire extinguisher are not but from what I understand with the comment guns are legally required in all cars in the US ?
Yes, gun racks are mandatory here. We like to clutch them when we zoom down the road to work each day with our heads out the window yelling “Yeeeeee-haw!”
I’m not saying it’s not a good thing to have, but where do you live where it’s legally required? Cause I’ve never heard of that.
It’s mandatory in roughly half of Europe.
What half? Not in Northern Europe, that’s for sure.
TIL Finland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Iceland are not in Northern Europe.
The US, where safety comes third.
Cars, no, buildings, yes.
How often do you set your car on fire?
Um, how often do you set your building on fire?
Not enough, quite frankly.
More often than I’ve set my building on fire…
It only takes once.