Anyone walking down the street, Midchuck, with a gun in their hand is threatening other people.

All I can say (after supressing my initial reaction to say something personally abusive) is that you'd best stay well away from Vermont - or any of the northern three New England states - during deer season. Your heart might explode from the sheer terror of it all.

(Incidentally, last I heard, Vermont had the "loosest" handgun laws in the Country - no concealed carry permits, because there's no permit requirement at all, in the first place - and the second-lowest per capita violent crime rate, after one or the other of the two Dakotas. We did have a triple homicide in Rutland last week - well, two in Rutland, the third kidnapped and killed over in New York State, where I suppose they figured nobody would notice - but it was all done with blades. That's the great virtue of keeping guns away from people. It makes things easier for the guy who likes a knife. Or the big guy who just likes to beat people to death.)