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In reply to the discussion: I don't care what anyone thinks about their right to own guns [View all]laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)I'm Canadian and most Canadians I've talked with about this have this same experience:
I went on a road trip with a friend (also Canadian) to the US to meet up with some people we had known online for quite a number of years. We did a few tourist-y things. Visited our friends, had a great time. When we crossed back over the border, we both sighed loudly at the same time, then looked at each other and burst out laughing. We talked about it for awhile - we were both SO tense while in the US. Knowing that so many guns were around freaked us the fuck out. We pushed it to the back of our thoughts while we were having a good time, but it was there the whole time. When we crossed over the border, it was like this HUGE relief that we didn't have to think about THAT anymore. Hence the sigh.