I work with folks in the UK.
They couldn’t believe I had a CCW permit and once told me that it must be like, “The Wild West.”
I replied that living in the UK must be like, “Soviet Russia.”
Good retort.
When I was a little boy, I used to walk to the Village with my Mom's Colt Woodsman in my belt- there were snakes on the way-- walk in to any store,and nobody ever said a word about it.
We also didn't lock the house at night, and I suspect Dad's automatic Browning shotgun he kept by his bed had something to do with that...