Also off topic, but relevant.
I think many people in the UK don't appreciate the almost casual attitude to weapons that is quite prevalent in the US.
I was once visiting someone in California and stayed overnight. His "guest room" was a Winnebago, parked in the driveway. He showed me where all the controls and switches were and then opened a cupboard to point out where the loaded 357 Magnum was, should I need it!
Years earlier, when I went to Houston for the first time, for a company course, a Texan colleague told me that probably 50% of the cars in the office car park would have a gun in the glove box.
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