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Real life fails much more spectacularly and frequently.
But it also has an infinitely larger chance of effecting actual change.
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>> He’d had enough. Fenley began open-carrying a weapon at all times and holding any would-be thieves at gunpoint.
This is semi-rural Arkansas.
A state ranked 47/50 [0] in per capita income.
It may require more than holding people at gunpoint, unfortunately enough.
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_terr...
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Real life fails much more spectacularly and frequently.
But it also has an infinitely larger chance of effecting actual change.
Edit:
>> He’d had enough. Fenley began open-carrying a weapon at all times and holding any would-be thieves at gunpoint.
This is semi-rural Arkansas.
A state ranked 47/50 [0] in per capita income.
It may require more than holding people at gunpoint, unfortunately enough.
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_terr...