The guy I use as a hauler (farming is his day job) bragged to me that he has 340 guns!
Yes, this is rural Pennsylvania, where folks collect guns like men in Vermont collect stamps.
I know exactly what you are talking about. In my old neighborhood, semi-suburban/semi-rural, it wasn’t uncommon to meet in the middle of the street with a neighbor and show off new hardware. Kids would be out playing, wives in the yard and no one thought twice about it. None of that big city fear of guns. There were easily more guns than people in the neighborhood. And guess what, zero crime.