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Re:TSA-style body scanners are coming to public spaces by scottlocklin on Sunday June 02, 2019 @08:22AM (#20075017)
> Of course this is mostly fantasy. I don't think we'll see gun-carry in the West any time soon. ...

What part of the West are you talking about? It's super common in vast swathes of the US.

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Re:TSA-style body scanners are coming to public spaces by dmos62 on Sunday June 02, 2019 @11:48AM (#20076156)
The Occident. Yeah, I guess those swathes of the US are the popular exception.
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Re:TSA-style body scanners are coming to public spaces by scottlocklin on Sunday June 02, 2019 @06:22PM (#20078704)
Got it. Though it was pretty common in big parts of The West (as in The Occident) in the first half of the 20th century as well. At least via my understanding of things.
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Re:TSA-style body scanners are coming to public spaces by dmos62 on Monday June 03, 2019 @05:25AM (#20081588)
I'd be interested in reading more on that, I really haven't a clue about gun culture of that time.
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Re:TSA-style body scanners are coming to public spaces by scottlocklin on Monday June 03, 2019 @12:05PM (#20084702)
I can't cite a reference, but many pieces of fiction from the day and historical accounts seem to involve people with ready access to firearms. Google produced this which seems to support what I said above (aka British people seemed to have common access to firearms until ~ WW2 times):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_policy_in_the_United_...

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