← Back to context Comment by SoftTalker 7 hours ago This is the "people are more respectful when everyone is armed" theory. 6 comments SoftTalker Reply throw310822 6 hours ago 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. jay_kyburz 6 hours ago I think handguns in the US has shown that it doesn't work. SoftTalker 6 hours ago 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. AndriyKunitsyn 6 hours ago 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.) cortesoft 6 hours ago This really depends on what you look like. Open carry states can be very unfriendly if you look a certain way. 1 reply →
throw310822 6 hours ago 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.
jay_kyburz 6 hours ago I think handguns in the US has shown that it doesn't work. SoftTalker 6 hours ago 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. AndriyKunitsyn 6 hours ago 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.) cortesoft 6 hours ago This really depends on what you look like. Open carry states can be very unfriendly if you look a certain way. 1 reply →
SoftTalker 6 hours ago 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.
AndriyKunitsyn 6 hours ago 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.) cortesoft 6 hours ago This really depends on what you look like. Open carry states can be very unfriendly if you look a certain way. 1 reply →
cortesoft 6 hours ago This really depends on what you look like. Open carry states can be very unfriendly if you look a certain way. 1 reply →
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.
I think handguns in the US has shown that it doesn't work.
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.
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.)
This really depends on what you look like. Open carry states can be very unfriendly if you look a certain way.
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