This is the "people are more respectful when everyone is armed" theory.

throw310822 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yes, it's called MAD. It doesn't work for very large groups with many unstable individuals but seems to have worked so far for the small group of nations.

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jay_kyburz 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think handguns in the US has shown that it doesn't work.

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SoftTalker 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Well at the risk of making a "hasn't been tried" argument, the vast majority of people in the US don't walk around with guns.

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AndriyKunitsyn 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Why not? The friendliest people in the US are exactly in the open carry states.

NYC on the other hand has the biggest number of jerks per capita I ever seen. (No offence to all nice people from NYC, which there are still plenty.)

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cortesoft 6 hours ago | parent [-]

This really depends on what you look like. Open carry states can be very unfriendly if you look a certain way.

	▲	AndriyKunitsyn 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		OK, can't argue with that. I have no first-hand experience on this, you are probably right.