[Axenolith]

I’m more inclined to believe it’s a religious-cultural/firearms stupidity thing. We had it happen right here in CA on a job with someone of that persuasion who found a gun, and when admonished for pointing it at everyone while handling it, dropped the magazine and proceeded to point it at their own head and pull trigger to demonstrate “emptiness” when one of my coworkers snatched it out of his hand and racked the live round out of the chamber.

This guy was an engineer too...

[muawiyah]

Arabs ~ at least in the societies where they are called True Arabs by the anthropologists and historians ~ Arabia, Yemen, the Gulf states ~ took to personal firearms with a vengeance as fast as they could acquire designs.

They grow up with firearms.

Personal protection is one of the reasons, and also protection from poisonous reptiles ~ they have some quite dangerous snakes throughout the region.

Americans and the True Arabs have that understanding in common.

[nickcarraway]

Sounds like a fun place to work. Like a Three Stooges movie playing in your office.