It is Societal Expectations. Despite the poverty, everyone here is expected to be polite. You are expected to be cordial and friendly. If you sling a fit in the IGA, you will find out who is armed right quick like. And lots of people are going heeled.
I’m involved with a feeding program for the schools. The food is either donated or comes from grants. We aren’t there to ask why. We are just there to help. It’s the code of the hills.
If guns were legal in big cities, you’d see more politeness there as well.
It’s DRUGS.
Do you think the code would uphold the folks making their way and taking care of one another privately just fine, cash or checks, if the government handouts were eased out of reach?