PapaGolfWhiskey
SOC-13
I think the point was that those buildings weren't built during the time frame when everyone was armed and shooting.
but I agree that level of armament can vary wildly.
Switzerland for example, EVERYONE serves in the military and then is placed in the reserves. They are ready to mobilize from their homes, which implies they have combat weaponary and ammo stored beneath their beds or closets or maybe in a locked chest.
Of course on the other hand, you're very unlikely to encounter Swiss person on the street with a handgun.
The Sikhs carry a 'Kirpan' (a curved dagger) as a religious belief. In a Sci Fi novel I read (Four Day Planet HB Piper) a Sikh Security officer allows a party of characters into a truce parley armed with handguns because he chooses not to treat sidearms as weapons for purposes of defining the party as unarmed.
I have friend who rolled up homeworld once with law level zero and tech fifteen. He spent most of his career in rogue and ended up with a soc of less than 5. He figured he grew up on a pirate base where everyone was armed to the teeth but were all mostly related to each other (Clan MacDuff) Just because their were no cops and lots of weapons doesn't mean people were not polite and co operative with each other.
but I agree that level of armament can vary wildly.
Switzerland for example, EVERYONE serves in the military and then is placed in the reserves. They are ready to mobilize from their homes, which implies they have combat weaponary and ammo stored beneath their beds or closets or maybe in a locked chest.
Of course on the other hand, you're very unlikely to encounter Swiss person on the street with a handgun.
The Sikhs carry a 'Kirpan' (a curved dagger) as a religious belief. In a Sci Fi novel I read (Four Day Planet HB Piper) a Sikh Security officer allows a party of characters into a truce parley armed with handguns because he chooses not to treat sidearms as weapons for purposes of defining the party as unarmed.
I have friend who rolled up homeworld once with law level zero and tech fifteen. He spent most of his career in rogue and ended up with a soc of less than 5. He figured he grew up on a pirate base where everyone was armed to the teeth but were all mostly related to each other (Clan MacDuff) Just because their were no cops and lots of weapons doesn't mean people were not polite and co operative with each other.