| 
			
			I'd say that whether you're going to get shot or not, and moreover whether you're going to be killed or not, is more related to the local culture than the local gun laws.
 That would be my takeaway from Austin: the presence of hippies overrules gun laws.
 
 If someone wants a gun they can build one using cheap raw materials.  If someone wants you dead they can blow you up or poison you or knife you or hire someone to kill you.
 
 So, how to build a culture that doesn't want to use deadly violence?  Obvious: create more hippies
 |